ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Rapid job creation is likely to remain elusive
Economists are expecting only modest gains in formal employment from the quarterly employment survey this week
27 June 2021 - 16:02
All eyes will be on the release of the first-quarter quarterly employment survey this week as the extent to which employment regains ground lost during the first wave of Covid-19 will help confirm that a broader economic recovery is under way.
Unfortunately, economists are expecting the business survey to show only modest gains in formal employment when it is released by Stats SA on Tuesday...
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