PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE OF FINANCE March 2002
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
International oil price
OECD leading indicators
World Economic Outlook: Real GDP Annual percentage change in real GDP Actual Projections World Advanced economies USA Japan Euro area United Kingdom Developing countries Africa Asia Western Hemisphere Countries in transition Source: IMF World Economic Outlook - December 2001
World Economic Outlook: Consumer prices Annual percentage change in consumer prices Actual Projections World Advanced economies USA Japan Euro area United Kingdom Developing countries Africa Asia Western Hemisphere Countries in transition Source: IMF World Economic Outlook - December 2001
USA: Real gross domestic product
USA: Unemployment rate
USA: Consumer prices
Japan: Real gross domestic product
Japan: Unemployment rate
Japan: Consumer prices
Euro Area: Real gross domestic product
Euro Area: Unemployment rate
Euro Area: Consumer prices
UK: Real gross domestic product
UK: Unemployment
UK: Consumer prices
SADC: Inflation Annual percentage change in consumer prices Dec 2001Jan 2002 Africa **** Angola Botswana Lesotho * Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe * Not available ** IMF Projections Source: National central banks and IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2001)
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Real gross domestic product
Real gross domestic product by the secondary sectors
Real gross domestic expenditure
Real final consumption expenditure by households
Real household disposable income
Household debt as percentage of household disposable income
Real final consumption expenditure by general government
Real gross fixed capital formation
Change in inventories
Gross saving as percentage of gross domestic product
Non-agricultural employment
Labour market statistics, based on the labour force survey FebSepFeb (000’s)(000’s)(000’s) aTotal employed Among the employed: Employed in the formal sector STEE survey (excluding agriculture and certain activities not covered in STEE) Employed in agriculture Employed in the formal sector in activities not covered in STEE Employed in the informal sector Employed in domestic service bTotal unemployed (official definition) cTotal economically active = a + b dTotal not economically active eTotal aged years = c + d fOfficial unemployment rate = b * 100 / c26,7%25,8%26,4% SEE - Survey of Employment and Earnings in selected industries STEE - Survey of Total Employment and Earnings
Non-agricultural nominal remuneration per worker
Non-agricultural labour productivity
Non-agricultural nominal unit labour cost
Nominal unit labour cost in manufacturing
All-goods production price
Overall inflation and CPIX
Balance of payments: Current account
Balance on financial account*
Financial account
Gross gold and other foreign reserves
Imports covered by reserves
Net open position in foreign currency*
Average net daily turnover in the South African foreign exchange market
Exchange rates of the rand
Real effective exchange rate of the rand
M3 money supply
Domestic credit extension
Turnover in the secondary bond market
Money-market interest rates
Yield on long-term government bonds
Yield curve
Turnover in the secondary share market
Share prices - all classes
Real-estate market
Revenue of national government
Expenditure by national government
Deficit of national government
Non-financial public-sector borrowing requirement