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The IMF's 2019 Article IV consultation for South Africa describes economic performance as having deteriorated sharply since the mid-2000s. Growth has been held near 1% by weak productivity and private investment, and fiscal deficits remain wide.
The report includes staff recommendations on fiscal and monetary policy.
Weak growth and high government deficits in South Africa limit domestic demand for feed and meat, and they keep the rand under pressure.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.