South Africa - Private Consumption




South Africa: Private Consumption

Mnemonic C.IZAF
Unit Mil. ZAR, SAAR
Adjustments Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rate
Quarterly 1.19 %
Data 2019 Q4 3,115,944
2019 Q3 3,079,397

Series Information

Source South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
Release Quarterly Bulletin
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 3/31/1960
End Date 12/31/2019

South Africa: GDP

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Government Consumption 2019 Q4 1,100,085 1,088,243 Mil. ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Investment 2019 Q4 823,823 915,378 Mil. ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Nominal Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation) 2019 Q4 905,248 924,687 Mil. ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Nominal Gross Domestic Product 2019 Q4 5,188,450 5,115,929 Mil. ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Private Consumption 2019 Q4 3,115,944 3,079,397 Mil. ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Real Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation) 2019 Q4 597,190 613,116 Mil. 2010 ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Real Government Consumption 2019 Q4 653,065 653,345 Mil. 2010 ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Real Gross Domestic Product 2019 Q4 3,143,840 3,155,290 Mil. 2010 ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Real Investment 2019 Q4 556,860 599,221 Mil. 2010 ZAR, SAAR Quarterly
Real Private Consumption 2019 Q4 1,966,371 1,959,755 Mil. 2010 ZAR, SAAR Quarterly

Release Information

Description

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) publishes their quarterly bulletin which focuses on recent economic developments. The publication is divided in two parts: an analytical section and a statistical section.

Methodology

The analysis focuses on four key areas:

  • Domestic economic developments
  • Foreign trade and payments
  • Monetary developments, interest rates and financial markets
  • Public finance

The statistical section is organized along eight major categories:

  • Money and banking
  • Capital market
  • National financial account
  • Public finance
  • International economic relations
    • Balance of payments statistics are aligned with the guidelines of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
  • National accounts
    • National accounts data are reported according to the standards of the 2008 SNA.
    • Industries are clasified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) fifth edition, the localization of ISIC Rev.3.
  • General economic indicators
  • Key information

Debt-service cost is defined as the interest payments on household's outstanding debt. To calculate the debt service ratio, debt-service cost is multiplied by 100, and then divided by net disposable income of households.

Revisions

Data for the previous quarter is subject to revision during the regular update. 

Figures for the past four years are preliminary and subject to revision during the fourth quarter update.  

In accordance with international best practice, national accounts are rebased and benchmarked every five years.

Notes

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) disseminates quarterly data on GDP compiled according to the production approach (GVA). Differences between GDP compiled for the production approach and GDP compiled from the expenditure approach (by the SARB) are allocated to a "statistical discrepancy" item in the expenditure-based estimates.