Published in March, June, September and December of each year. Back issues are available. ABSA Bank - Economic Perspective A holistic publication, which is a quarterly overview of recent economic trends and a forecast of key macroeconomic variables. A list of previous focus articles is provided in the Economic development section. The publication is also available in Afrikaans.
Back issues are available.
The SA Reserve Bank is a public company. A conservative, base and optimistic scenario. The conservative scenario assumes a muddling through approach in which sound policies mostly takes a backseat to political opportunism. The base scenario encompasses Absa s most realistic economic view of South Africa s future. In the optimistic scenario not all economic indicators are considered to be better than in the base scenario, but the overall economic performance, as measured by economic growth and per capita income growth, is better in this scenario than in the other two scenarios.