In the first part of the discussion, we look back at 2019’s major economic events
Reserve Bank data released on Friday shows that government debt is overshooting already revised figures, as it spends more on SOEs and debt servicing
Poor mining and trade activity data, and slowing producer inflation, highlighted difficult business conditions and flagging demand
Annual producer inflation slowed to 2.3% in November, the seventh month of consecutive declines in the annual rate
Mining production was worse than expected in the first month of the fourth quarter, with copper and diamond production falling by more than a third
RMB CEO James Formby talks to Business Day TV about what can be done to save SA’s ailing economy
Reezwana Sumad from Nedbank CIB talks to Business Day TV about the latest consumer price index data
Analyst warns Reserve Bank is wrong to focus on SA's dismal fiscal scenario while all other factors point towards lower interest rates
Small business owners count the cost of crippling power cuts across SA this week
The industry has faced a tough year as consumers have been confronted with poor domestic economic growth, rising unemployment and slower wage growth
BankservAfrica says Black Friday is changing the seasonality of SA’s economic cycle
Since the end of 2016, inflation has been on a downward trend, Statistics SA says
Manufacturing declines in October make for the longest series of consecutive contraction since the global recession, according to Stats SA
Data shows increase in the size and volume of transactions as consumers hunted for bargains
So-called linear TV viewership has been dropping 10% in the US, Australia and China for a few years
The company will cut up to 4,000MW of power, saying it has lost additional generating capacity
For the fifth consecutive month the headline figure falls below the midpoint of the 3%-6% target band
The index is below 50 for the sixth-consecutive quarter, the longest period of subdued confidence in almost a decade
The current account is indicative of SA’s trade with the rest of the world
Sacci's measure of business sentiment improved to 92.7 points in November, but is down year on year