ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: IMF slashes SA’s 2023 GDP growth forecast to 0.1% due to power crisis

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The IMF said on Wednesday it now expected real GDP growth in South Africa to ‘decelerate sharply to 0.1% in 2023, mainly due to a significant increase in the intensity of power cuts’. Its previous forecast in January of 1.2% growth barely seemed ...

 

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