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WATCH: Why SA escaped a technical recession
Citadel chief economist Maarten Ackerman talk to Business Day TV about the second-quarter GDP numbers
04 September 2019 - 09:44
News that the economy grew by 3.1% in the second quarter of 2019 means the country dodged a technical recession.
The bulk of the heavy lifting has come from the mining sector which registered growth of more than 14%. ..
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