Research Reports
Economic Forecasts
The IDC’s Research and Information Department releases, on a quarterly basis, forecasts for numerous economic variables over a 5-year period. Such variables include: GDP (i.e. economic growth) and its various expenditure components (e.g. gross fixed capital formation); consumer as well as producer price inflation (i.e. CPI and PPI) and their components; balance of payments indicators; various exchange rates; various interest rates, such as the Repo rate, the 3-month BA rate and long-term government bond yields; and, among others, key commodity prices.
2013
2012
- November 2012 Forecasts for 2012 – Q3
- August 2012 Forecasts for 2012 – Q2
- June 2012 Forecasts from 2012 - Q1
- January 2012 Forecasts from 2011 - Q4
2011
- October 2011 Forecasts from 2011 – Q3
- August 2011 Forecasts from 2011 – Q2
- June 2011 Forecasts from 2011 – Q2
- January 2011 Forecasts from 2010 – Q4
2010
2009
- October 2009 - Forecasts from 2009 - Q3
- July 2009 - Forecasts from 2009 - Q2
- June 2009 - Forecasts from 2009 - Q1
- 16 January 2009 - Forecasts from 2008 - Q4
2008
- 23 July 2008 - Forecasts from 2008 - Q2
- 21 April 2008 - Forecasts from 2008 - Q1
- 8 February 2008 - Forecasts from 2007 - Q4
