Economy
Namibia
Food and drink inflation came in at 16.5% y-o-y in April, having accelerated by 1.6% m-o-m. While global agricultural prices have started to come off their recent highs, a combination...
2008-06-26Zimbabwe
Official statistics are non-existent but local economists 'guesstimate' that inflation is now something like 4,000,000 % y-o-y. We have refrained from offering forecasts in the current...
2008-06-26Zambia
In view of the government's successful efforts to diversify sources of FDI away from China, coupled with its plans to create more special economic zones and increase 'economic diplomacy',...
2008-06-26Mozambique
The 19 donor agencies supporting and financing the state budget have promised US$774.3mn for 2009, up from US$624.8mn promised the previous year, despite Sweden and Switzerland reducing...
2008-06-26Botswana
BMI View: The official interest rate in Botswana has been increased for the second time in a month. However, given that the country's inflation problem is exogenously-driven, it...
2008-06-25Botswana
BMI View: Our current interest rate forecast for end-2008 is consistent with the latest policy hike. If monthly inflation trends begin to show signs of further major acceleration...
2008-06-25Madagascar
BMI View: Our core scenario is for a current account deficit to remain in place over the coming years, with a deficit of US$0.6bn (6.0% of GDP) forecast for 2008. However, if forthcoming...
2008-06-25Angola
BMI View: Our core scenario is for a current account surplus of US$34.3bn (41.2% of GDP) in 2008 and US$25.5bn (23.2% of GDP) in 2009. However, ongoing activity in the diamond sector...
2008-06-25
