SA’s consistently weak GDP data will be in focus as the economy is expected to have contracted in the first three months of 2019.
The consensus is for a contraction of 1.5% in the quarter as mining, manufacturing and retail sales disappointed amid weaker business and consumer confidence and severe load-shedding. This follows positive growth of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018...
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