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IMF Staff Increasingly Concerned About S. Africa Growth Outlook

SOUTH AFRICA
  • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday at the end of a visit to South Africa that its staff were increasingly concerned about the country’s economic growth outlook and the implications on employment, poverty and inequality.
  • Within the statement, the IMF pointed to a series of shocks which it said adversely affected South Africa’s economic trajectory:
    • “The flooding in Durban, uncertainty about the war in Ukraine, tightening of global financial conditions, and China’s slowdown pose challenges to growth and price stability,” the IMF said.
    • “Policy action needs to focus on mitigating the impact of these shocks while addressing longstanding structural economic obstacles to growth”.
  • The IMF indicated that it is more urgent than ever to “transform the network industries and foster competition to attract private investment, create jobs, and reverse the slide in social conditions”.

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