Indicators

This page outlines economic indicators data we make available through EconData. This “Indicators” Category falls under our EconData South African Reserve Bank Category Scheme.

Business Cycles

The Business Cycles data from the SARB tracks key economic indicators that signal phases of economic expansion and contraction. These data include consumer and producer prices, the leading indicator, wages and earnings, employment (non-agricultural) and unemployment rates, and manufacturing production. Please click on this paragraph for more detail.

Dataset ID: BUSINESS_CYCLES

Dimensions

1. Mnemonic

    • Consumer Prices CPI1000
    • Producer Prices PPI1000
    • Leading Indicator DIFN003
    • Wages/Earnings LABP130
    • Employment LABP900
    • Unemployment Rate LABT079
    • Manufacturing Production MPR0000

    2. Frequency

    • Monthly M
    • Quarterly Q

    3. Seasonal Adjustment

    • Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted S
    • Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data N

    Attributes

    • Label
    • Unit of Measure
    • Comment
    • Base Period
    • Source Identifier
    • Degree of Multiplication

    Other Macroeconomic Indicators

    ‘Other’ macroeconomic indicators from SARB measure economic performance and stability, such as the current account balance, foreign debt as a percentage of GDP, import cover (months), real GDP growth rate, gross saving as a percentage of GDP, claims on the domestic private sector, and M3 money supply growth rate. Please click on this paragraph for more detail.

    Dataset ID: OTHER_INDICATORS

    Dimensions

    1. Mnemonic

    • Real GDP growth rate KBP6006
    • Import cover KBP5381
    • Current account balance KBP5007
    • Gross saving as % of GDP KBP6286
    • Foreign Debt as % of GDP KBP5260
    • M3 MON0300
    • Claims on the domestic private sector MON0023

    2. Frequency

    • Monthly M
    • Quarterly Q
    • Annual A

    Attributes

    • Label
    • Comment
    • Seasonal Adjustment
    • Degree of Multiplication
    • Source Identifier
    • Number of periods taken into account for the time transformation
    • Time Transformation
    • Unit of Measure

    Population

    The SARB population data is an estimate of the total population of South Africa. Please click on this paragraph for metadata details.

    Dataset ID: POPULATION_DATA

    Dimensions

    1. Mnemonic

    • Population LABD051

    2. Frequency

    • Annual A

    3. Seasonal Adjustment

    • Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data N

    Attributes

    Since there is only one series, we specify the value for each concept.

    AttributeValue
    Source IdentifierLABD051A
    LabelPopulation
    Degree of MultiplicationThousands
    Unit of MeasurePersons
    CommentTotal South African population

    SARB Categories