Data in the week ahead should give an indication of the momentum of SA’s economic recovery from a second wave of Covid-19, with new vehicle sales numbers for April as well as a survey of manufacturing conditions for the same month due.

Economic releases for March have already indicated recovery after SA moved to level 1 of lockdown at the beginning of that month, and analysts expect an improving global economic backdrop to continue to prop up local activity in April...

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