South Africa business confidence


South Africa business confidence: 31 (-6.06%)
Last Update: December 31, 2023

South Africa business confidence closed down 31 as of December 31, 2023 from 33 from the previous month and 40 from last year.


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South Africa business confidence

Date Values
2023-12-31 31
2023-09-30 33
2023-06-30 27
2023-03-31 36
2022-12-31 38
2022-09-30 39
2022-06-30 42
2022-03-31 46
2021-12-31 43
2021-09-30 43
2021-06-30 50
2021-03-31 35
2020-12-31 40
2020-09-30 24
2020-06-30 5
2020-03-31 18
2019-12-31 26
2019-09-30 21
2019-06-30 28
2019-03-31 28


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Indicator Symbol Actual Previous M/M% Y/Y% Trend Slope ZS5Y Update
business confidence za.bizconfidence 31 33 -6 -22 Down Down 33 2023-12-31

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Understanding Business Confidence: Business confidence is a measure of the prevailing sentiment within the business community regarding economic conditions, current trends, and future prospects. It reflects the level of optimism or pessimism businesses have about their future growth prospects, profitability, and expected market conditions.

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South Africa Financial Markets

Market Symbol Last Mom Trend Exh RSI 1D% 1W% 1M% 1Y%
FTSE/JSE Top 40 JTOPI 65437.2 0 -1 -1.94436 48.2088 0.02426 0.0182 -0.00166 -0.01285
South Africa ETF EZA 37.84 0 -1 -1.18765 50.766 0.01204 0.02826 0.04675 -0.00395
South African Rand US Dollar (ZAR/USD) ZARUSD 18.4194 -1 -0.25 -0.25065 34.5945 -0.00443 -0.02862 -0.05604 0.06384
South Africa 10-Year Bond Yield ZA.10Y 10.365 -1 -0.25 -0.01899 34.1718 -0.01893 -0.03131 -0.05816 -0.04117
South Africa 5-Year Bond Yield ZA.5Y 8.875 -1 0 0.06589 41.2688 -0.00169 -0.00616 -0.02899 -0.02042
South Africa 2-Year Bond Yield SA.2Y 7.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa Yield Curve SA.YC 2.58 0.5 -0.75 -1.24114 59.2958 -0.01338 0.1754 0.22565 -0.34435
South Africa Credit Default Swaps CDS.South-Africa 231.75 -1 -1 -1.57778 24.352 0.00542 -0.06364 -0.12216 -0.27008
South Africa Macroeconomic Indicators

Indicator Symbol Actual Previous M/M% Y/Y% Trend Slope ZS5Y Update
balance of trade za.balanceoftrade 13142 12578.7 4 933 UP UP 98 2023-10-31
bank lending rate za.banks.lendingrate 11.75 11.75 0 21 UP UP 76 2023-07-31
banks balance sheet za.banks.bs 7532540 7588880 -1 3 UP UP 19 2023-10-31
business confidence za.bizconfidence 31 33 -6 -22 Down Down 33 2023-12-31
capacity utilization za.caputilization 78.3 78.8 -1 -2 UP Down 44 2022-12-31
car registrations za.carregistrations 29252 29938 -2 -11 UP Down 24 2023-11-30
central bank balance sheet za.cb.assets 1194920 1217070 -2 5 UP UP 29 2023-10-31
composite pmi za.comppmi 48.9 49.9 -2 -3 Down Down 34 2023-11-30
consumer confidence za.consconfidence -16 -25 -36 -30 Down UP 68 2023-09-30
consumer price index cpi za.cpi 112.8 111.8 1 6 UP UP 81 2023-10-31
core inflation rate za.coreinflationrate 4.5 4.8 -6 -10 Down Down 30 2023-10-31
current account za.currentaccount -160731 -63697 152 -186 Down Down 15 2023-12-31
current account to gdp za.currentaccountgdp -0.5 3.7 -114 -75 UP UP 0 2022-01-31
deposit interest rate za.depositrate 6.74 6.43 5 42 UP UP 90 2023-05-31
exports za.exports 181261 173425 5 4 UP UP 28 2023-08-31
external debt za.externaldebt 155565 162150 -4 0 Down Down 24 2023-06-30
fiscal expenditure za.fiscalexp 151289 153215 -1 -1 Down Down 20 2023-10-31
foreign direct investment za.fdi 53829 519 10272 174 Down UP 83 2023-06-30
foreign exchange reserves za.fxreserves 60962 61131 -0 4 Down UP 48 2023-10-31
gdp za.gdp 405.87 419.02 -3 8 UP UP 0 2022-12-31
Real GDP za.realgdp 4619320 4590030 1 78 UP UP 100 2023-06-30
gdp growth za.gdpgrowth 0.4 -1.1 -136 -101 Down UP 40 2023-06-30
gdp growth annual za.gdpgrowthan 0.2 0.8 -75 -101 Down UP 28 2023-06-30
gold reserves za.goldres 125.35 125.35 0 0 UP UP 42 2021-03-31
government budget za.govbudget -4.2 -5.7 -26 -11 UP UP 0 2022-01-31
Government budget za.govbudgetvalue -41229.7 -14593.5 183 -12 Down UP 47 2023-10-31
government debt za.govdebt 71945 72991 -1 25 Down UP 50 2023-06-30
government debt to gdp za.govdebtgdp 67.4 69.9 -4 94 UP UP 0 2022-01-31
government revenues za.govrev 110059 138621 -21 4 Down UP 42 2023-10-31
housing index za.housingindex 111.7 111.5 0 -78 Down Down 3 2017-01-31
imports za.imports 167982 157981 6 0 UP Down 27 2023-08-31
industrial production za.indproduction -4.3 1.5 -387 -578 Down Down 12 2023-10-31
industrial production mom za.indproductionmm 0.5 -1.7 -129 -90 UP Down 50 2023-09-30
inflation cpi za.inflationcpi 5.4 4.8 13 -29 Down Down 16 2023-10-31
interbank rate za.interbankrate 8.41 8.41 0 0 Down Down 48 2023-08-15
interest rate za.interestrate 8.25 8.25 0 50 UP UP 80 2023-07-20
loans to private sector za.loanprivate 4589680 4611020 -0 4 UP UP 30 2023-10-31
Manufacturing PMI za.manpmi 45.35 46.21 -2 -14 Down Down 6 2023-11-30
money supply m0 za.msm0 401501 409000 -2 14 UP UP 74 2023-10-31
money supply m1 za.msm1 2555590 2553640 0 5 UP UP 22 2023-10-31
money supply m2 za.msm2 4095000 4094930 0 6 UP UP 40 2023-10-31
money supply m3 za.msm3 4997640 4978140 0 6 UP UP 27 2023-11-30
Producer Price Index za.producerprices 132.4 131.1 1 6 UP UP 52 2023-10-31
PPI Index za.producerpricesch 5.1 4.3 19 -68 Down Down 13 2023-10-31
retail sales MoM za.retailsales 0 0.3 -100 -100 UP UP 0 2023-07-31
retail sales za.retailsalesan 0.9 -0.3 -400 -325 UP UP 20 2023-09-30
total vehicle sales za.vehiclesales 45445 45997 -1 -9 UP Down 22 2023-11-30
unemployment rate za.unemploymentrate 32.6 32.9 -1 6 Down UP 42 2023-09-30
youth unemployment rate za.ytunemploymentrate 58 60.7 -4 -5 Down Down 0 2023-09-30
Lending Rate za.lendingrate 11.75 11.75 0 31 UP UP 83 2023-07-31