Growth, inflation, jobs, the Reserve Bank and the forces shaping South Africa’s economy.
PayInc's index of the real value of money moving through South Africa's electronic payment system rose 0.8% in August, a second straight monthly gain, six days before the Reserve Bank decides on interest rates.
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South Africa refines less of its own fuel every year, which is exactly how a war on the other side of the world reaches a pump in Gauteng.
China buys more cherries than anyone. South Africa grows about a thousandth of the world's exports, and has just been let in.
Households and the government both spent more between April and June, and the economy still went backwards. The damage came in through the ports.
Africa bought two fifths of the quarter, and the chief economist behind the numbers is writing warnings rather than victory laps.
The money goes to a Treasury programme for the eight metros, and Treasury says in the same statement that it will not be enough.
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World Wide Worx expects R159 billion of online spending this year, an increase almost the size of the entire 2020 market, coming from a slightly smaller share of adults.
Its third Cost of Living Report finds record gaps on maize meal, sunflower oil and frozen chicken, and its chief economist says margins like these may be worth a look.
Exports barely moved. The R20.1 billion surplus came out of a lighter oil bill, and Wednesday's fuel increase is about to make that harder to repeat.
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The rand had its strongest month in a while and it bought South African drivers almost nothing, because the price at the pump was set by what happened a month ago.
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GiveDirectly is handing a one-off lump sum to everyone in a Malawian district, and the experiment is pointed at the shops rather than the households.
The Cape Chamber asked 369 firms to rate 61 named obstacles to their growth, and the answers split by company size rather than by the usual complaint.