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South Africa: Economic and Financial Situation (January 2017)
Economic situation: net slowdown in growth and external imbalances
South Africa was severely affected by the 2009 crisis (-1.5% recession). Contrary to
most other emerging countries, growth only modestly rebounded in 2010 and 2011
(respectively 3.0% and 3.2%). Since then, activity has steadily declined due to the weakness of
external demand and commodity prices, the poor performance of the mining industry
(repeated strikes, a decline in competitiveness), a difficult supply of electricity and
sluggish domestic consumption linked in particular to the difficulties of households (indebted to the
77.8% of disposable income).
While growth was only 1.3% in 2015, activity would grow by only 0.4% in 2016 according to
the central bank (GDP growth of + 0.2% annualized quarterly adjusted for
seasonal changes in Q3 after + 3.5% in Q2 and -1.2% in Q1; 4th consecutive quarter of decline in
investment). In 2017, it will reach 1.1% in 2017, performance well below the target
from 5 to 5.5%, considered necessary by the authorities to reduce the unemployment rate. A growth
weaker would make it more difficult to achieve public finance targets to ensure the sustainability of the
debt and the preservation of the sovereign rating in the investment category. A degradation of this note
can not be ruled out in 2017 if political uncertainty were to increase, making it more difficult
Adaptation of the level of public expenditure to the prospects of activity (and therefore of public revenue)
and the implementation of the expected structural reforms, in particular with regard to the governance of
state-owned enterprises.
South Africa has a structurally high inflation linked to the lack of competition on the
goods and services market. The recent period has been marked by an acceleration of retail prices
fueled mainly by the weakness of the rand (imported inflation) and the consequences of
regional drought on food tariffs. After an average + 6.4% in 2016, the
Central Bank expects inflation of + 6.2% this year, thresholds slightly higher than
monetary authorities (between 3% and 6%). This situation has recently led the authorities
the priority of their mandate, namely to ensure price stability.
At the external level, thanks to the weakness of the rand, domestic demand and oil prices, the deficit
current is expected to decline again in 2016 according to the IMF (projections to -3.3% of GDP in 2016 and
2017 after -4.3% in 2015). So far, capital flows have financed this deficit without any real difficulty,
the recent and rapid change in their composition - they are now essentially composed of
highly volatile short-term flows as FDI tends to decrease - weighs on the country's ability to
to ensure long-term and cost-effective coverage.
At the end of January, reserves amounted to 46.7
Billion USD (+ 3.4% yoy), or 6.8 months of import coverage. This is a
a threshold deemed insufficient by IMF experts to intervene if necessary in the event of excessive volatility of the
even if the authorities put forward a flexible exchange rate policy that does not require
important reserves.
Economic policy: a highly constrained monetary policy and public finances under pressure
In terms of monetary policy, the authorities started a movement of rates rise from
January 2014, the key rate gradually increasing from 5% to 7% (last increase of +25bps
mid-March 2016). This recovery, designed to better control the rate of inflation and reduce the volatility of
the currency, weighs on domestic demand given the rise in the cost of credit. If, in 2016, the rand
rose sharply against the major currencies (+ 14.8% against the USD) thanks in particular to an
Significant base linked to December 2015 domestic policy events and price rally
commodities, the currency remains weak compared to its past levels (-14.7% against
the USD between the beginning of 2015 and the end of 2016).
Conscious of the threat of a deterioration of the sovereign rating in the speculative category, the authorities
committed to strengthening the fiscal consolidation effort, but in a progressive and balanced way.
In the October 2016 budget review, the authorities announced a budget deficit of -3.4% of
GDP in 2016/17 and -3.1% in 2017/18, pushing the return date back below the 3% threshold
GDP so as not to weigh too heavily on activity.
At the same time, the Ministry of Finance has postponed by one year the peak of public debt (expected at 52.5%
GDP in 2018/19). The latter, up more than 20 points of GDP compared to 2009, is expected
at 51.3% of GDP in 2016/17. Note that by including government guarantees, gross public debt
exceeds 60% of GDP. This situation is all the more delicate as different public companies are
in a difficult financial situation. In this context, access to new financing,
especially for larger projects, will be even more selective.
The main challenge, at the level of fiscal resources, seems to be today to release margins of
maneuver while the tax base is structurally narrow: 11% of
individuals subject to income tax provide 60% of the revenue and one third of the population
benefits from social benefits. In this respect, taxation, already weighed down in the last two years,
the recommendations of the Davis Commission, could again be revised upward

next budget years.

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