Babban Mawuyacin tattalin arziki a Afirka

A matsayin sakamakon kai tsaye na ƙarshen 2000s, wasu tattalin arziki a Afirka sun fi shafar raguwar buƙatun duniya da ƙananan farashin kayayyaki kamar mai, platinum, nickel, zinariya, da jan ƙarfe. Afirka ta Kudu ita ce ƙasar Afirka ta farko da ta fada cikin koma bayan tattalin arziki. Sauran ƙasashe kamar Maroko da Masar, waɗanda suka amfana daga ci gaban tattalin arzikin da suka gabata sun sami babban raguwa saboda rikicin tattalin arzikin duniya ba tare da faduwa cikin koma bayan tattalin arziki ba.

 Afirka ta Kudu 
Moody's Investors Service ya yi gargadi a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 2008 cewa Afirka ta Kudu na iya shiga cikin koma bayan tattalin arziki a farkon shekara. Moody ya ambaci karancin wutar lantarki, yawan riba, hauhawar farashi, raguwar gidaje da kasuwar motoci da ƙananan alamun kasuwanci da masu amfani. Girma a cikin ainihin kayan cikin gida na Afirka ta Kudu don kwata na farko na 2008 ya ragu zuwa 0.39%. CPIX hauhawar farashi, ma'auni na manufofin farashi, ya tashi 10.9% a shekara-shekara a watan Mayu, matakin mafi girma tun Nuwamba 2002. Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin Afirka ta Kudu ta soki sanarwar da Moody ya ce, "Ba zai yiwu mu ƙare cikin koma bayan tattalin arziki ba". Ya kara da cewa gwamnati na iya sake fasalin saurin kashi 4 cikin 100 na ci gaban shekara bayan ci gaban kashi 5.1% a 2007. Tallace-tallace na mota a Afirka ta Kudu ya ragu da kashi 22 cikin 100 na shekara-shekara a watan Yuni saboda yawan riba.

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