ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Data will give a peek into effects of strict lockdown
Business confidence figures and data for mining and manufacturing production will take centre stage
07 June 2020 - 16:15
As SA begins its second week at level 3 of the lockdown, a few of the delayed Stats SA data releases, postponed by the full restrictions on the economy through late March and all of April, will start trickling out.
Manufacturing data for March, and mining production figures for both March and April will give some of the first, though not complete, glimpses into the economy’s performance as it went into one of the harshest lockdowns imposed globally to slow the spread of the coronavirus...
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