Consumer vulnerability remains at low levels — December 2011
14 December 2011
Quantec's Consumer Vulnerability Index (CVI) has recorded a stable pattern since the fourth quarter of 2010 at a level of 47 points.
The Quantec Consumer Vulnerability Index — September 2011
27 October 2011
Quantec's Consumer Vulnerability Index (CVI) provides a quarterly synopsis of the vulnerability of South African consumers in the face of specific economic developments or events.
EasyData is getting a new website soon
26 September 2011
Over the last year we've been working hard on an exciting new website for our EasyData service.
Labour Force Survey Q1 2010 is available
02 July 2010
Subscribers to our EasyData RSA Regional Indicators service can access the Quarter 1 2010 Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Update: RSA Standardised Industry Database
18 January 2010
The RSA Standardised Industry Database has been updated with the latest rebased National Accounts data released by the SA Reserve Bank and Statistics South Africa during November and December 2009.
New data release: South African Crime Statistics
15 January 2010
Quantec has published monthly South African Crime Statistics covering the period from March 2001 to March 2009.
Medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS) 2009
11 November 2009
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has generally been praised for what seemed like a fairly conservative and responsible approach towards managing fiscal policy through a difficult period.
Are stock markets predictors of future economic activity?
05 May 2009
Background According to the efficient-markets hypothesis (EMH), financial markets are "informationally efficient".
What Africa needs
07 April 2009
The past seven or eight years have generally been good in terms of economic growth for most African economies.
Steep increase in the deficit: Unavoidable stabilisation measure, or an ominous structural break?
18 February 2009
As usual, most analysts have again heaped praise on Finance Minister Trevor Manuel for the clever way in which he managed to profess his continued commitment to prudent fiscal policy in the 2009 Budget, while also acknowledging and allowing for the effects on SA of the current global economic recession (which he warned could become a depression).
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