User Guide > South African Reserve Bank > Data by sector

This page outlines what sectoral dataflows we make available through EconData, originating from the South African Reserve Bank. In these dataflow docs, we detail the codes used in the series.

External Sector

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ID: EXTERNAL_SECTOR

data_key	series_name	frequency	source_id	comment	unit_of_measure
`KBP5007.Q`	Current account	Quarterly	KBP5007K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5000.Q`	Goods: exports	Quarterly	KBP5000K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5003.Q`	Goods: imports	Quarterly	KBP5003K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5002.Q`	Services: credit	Quarterly	KBP5002K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5004.Q`	Services: debit	Quarterly	KBP5004K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5680.Q`	Income: credit	Quarterly	KBP5680K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5681.Q`	Income: debit	Quarterly	KBP5681K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`BOP5692.Q`	Current transfers: credit	Quarterly	BOP5692K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`BOP5693.Q`	Current transfers: debit	Quarterly	BOP5693K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5682.Q`	Capital account	Quarterly	KBP5682K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`BOP5694.Q`	Capital account: credit	Quarterly	BOP5694K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`BOP5695.Q`	Capital account: debit	Quarterly	BOP5695K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5764.Q`	Financial account	Quarterly	KBP5764K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5656.Q`	Direct investment abroad	Quarterly	KBP5656K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5640.Q`	Direct investment in reporting economy	Quarterly	KBP5640K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5660.Q`	Portfolio investment, assets	Quarterly	KBP5660K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5644.Q`	Portfolio investment, liabilities	Quarterly	KBP5644K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5677.Q`	Financial derivatives, assets	Quarterly	KBP5677K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5672.Q`	Financial derivatives, liabilities	Quarterly	KBP5672K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5666.Q`	Other investment, assets	Quarterly	KBP5666K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5650.Q`	Other investment, liabilities	Quarterly	KBP5650K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5679.Q`	Reserve assets	Quarterly	KBP5679K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`KBP5766.Q`	Net errors and omissions	Quarterly	KBP5766K	Balance of Payments	Rand
`BOP5806.M`	Official Reserve Assets	Monthly	BOP5806M	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5279.M`	IMF reserve position	Monthly	BOP5279M	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5271.M`	Special drawing rights	Monthly	BOP5271N	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5270.M`	Gold	Monthly	BOP5270N	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5272.M`	Foreign currency reserves	Monthly	BOP5272N	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5280.M`	Other reserve assets	Monthly	BOP5280M	Balance of Payments	US Dollar
`BOP5273.M`	Template on International Reserves and foreign currency liquidity	Monthly	BOP5273M	Balance of Payments	Rand
`CURX600.M`	Total exports	Monthly	CURX600A	Merchandise Trade	Rand
`CURM600.M`	Total imports	Monthly	CURM600A	Merchandise Trade	Rand
`BOP3000.Q`	Assets	Quarterly	BOP3000Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3001.Q`	Direct investment	Quarterly	BOP3001Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3002.Q`	Portfolio investment	Quarterly	BOP3002Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3003.Q`	Equity	Quarterly	BOP3003Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3004.Q`	Debt	Quarterly	BOP3004Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3013.Q`	Financial derivatives	Quarterly	BOP3013Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3005.Q`	Other investment	Quarterly	BOP3005Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3015.Q`	Reserve assets	Quarterly	BOP3015Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3006.Q`	Liabilities	Quarterly	BOP3006Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3007.Q`	Direct investment	Quarterly	BOP3007Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3008.Q`	Portfolio investment	Quarterly	BOP3008Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3009.Q`	Equity	Quarterly	BOP3009Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3010.Q`	Debt	Quarterly	BOP3010Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3014.Q`	Financial derivatives	Quarterly	BOP3014Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3011.Q`	Other investment	Quarterly	BOP3011Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP3012.Q`	Net position (external financial assets minus liabilities)	Quarterly	BOP3012Q	International investment position as at end of quarter	Rand
`BOP5514.Q`	External debt	Quarterly	BOP5514K	International investment position as at end of quarter	US Dollar
`BOP5329.M`	Monthly exchange rate of the rand against the US dollar	Monthly	BOP5329M	Exchange rates	US Dollar
`BOP5393.M`	Nominal effective exchange rate	Monthly	BOP5393M	Exchange rates	Index

Financial Sector

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ID: FINANCIAL_SECTOR

Frequency: monthly

Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data.

Unit of measure: Rand

Unit multiplier: millions

MON0037.M Net claims on the government sector
Broad monetary credit to the government sector. Net Claims on Government are shown as a counterpart item to the change in M3. It is the total of gross claims on the government sector minus government deposits.
MON0023.M Claims on the domestic private sector
Domestic credit extended by monetary financial institutions is disaggregated into: (i) Credit extended to the domestic private sector (Claims on the domestic private sector) which is further subdivided into investments, bills discounted, instalment sale credit, leasing finance, mortgage advances and other loans and advances; and (ii) Net credit extended to the government sector (comprising the central government, provincial governments and social security funds); that is, credit extended less government deposits.
MON0041.M Net foreign assets
Net foreign assets after valuation adjustment. Net foreign assets are shown as a counterpart item to the change in M3. It is the total of foreign assets minus foreign liabilities. Deposits of non-residents are not included in the broad monetary aggregate.
MON0300.M Total monetary (M3) deposits
M2 plus all long term deposits with monetary banking institutions.
MON0179.M Domestic claims on the private sector (nsa)
Total claims on the private sector.
MON0191.M Domestic claims on the government sector (nsa)
Total claims on the government.
MON0263.M External position – net foreign assets (nsa)
Total foreign assets minus total foreign liabilities.
MON0088.M M0
Deposit of banks, mutual banks with the SARB and notes and coins outside the SARB and SA mint.

Fiscal Sector

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ID: FISCAL_SECTOR

Unit multiplier: millions

Price concept: nominal

Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data.

Unit of measure: Rand

The data key suffix indicates the frequency: a Q indicates “quarterly” and an M indicates “monthly”.

data_key	series_name	comment
`GCK1000.Q`	Cash receipts from operating activities	Consolidated general government: Revenue
`GCK2000.Q`	Cash payments for operating activities	Consolidated general government: Expense
`GCK2400.Q`	Of which: Interest	Consolidated general government: Expense: Interest
`GCK3100.Q`	Net cash-flow from investment activities	Consolidated general government: Non-financial assets – Net
`GCK3504.Q`	Loans	Consolidated general government: Financial assets: Domestic: Loans
`GCK3535.Q`	Domestic	Consolidated general government: Financial assets, excl.cash: Domestic
`GCK3550.Q`	Foreign	Consolidated general government: Financial assets: Foreign
`GCK3600.Q`	Liabilities	Consolidated general government: Liabilities
`GCK3601.Q`	Domestic	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Domestic
`GCK3602.Q`	Currency and deposits	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Domestic: Currency and deposits
`GCK3603.Q`	Securities other than shares	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Domestic: Securities other than shares
`GCK3604.Q`	Loans	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Domestic: Loans
`GCK3650.Q`	Foreign	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Foreign
`GCK3651.Q`	Currency and deposits	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Foreign: Currency and deposits
`GCK3652.Q`	Securities other than shares	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Foreign: Securities other than shares
`GCK3653.Q`	Loans	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Foreign: Loans
`GCK4000.Q`	Net cash-flow from operating activities	Consolidated general government: Net cash-flow from operating activities
`GCK4100.Q`	Cash surplus/deficit	Consolidated general government: Cash surplus / deficit
`GCK4200.Q`	Net cash-flow from financing activities	Consolidated general government: Net cash-flow from financing activities
`GCK4300.Q`	Financial assets other than cash	Consolidated general government: Net acquisition of financial assets other than cash
`GCK4400.Q`	Net change in the stock of cash	Consolidated general government: Net change in the stock of cash
`GCK9100.Q`	Other domestic financial assets	Consolidated general government: Financial assets: Domestic: Other domestic financial assets
`GCK9200.Q`	Other domestic liabilities	Consolidated general government: Liabilities: Domestic: Other domestic liabilities
`NGD1000.M`	Bills	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable bills
`NGD1209.M`	Domestic Marketable	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable debt
`NGD1213.M`	Total gross loan debt	National government debt: Total gross loan debt
`NGD1500.M`	Bills	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic non-marketable bills
`NGD2000.M`	Bonds	National government debt: Total domestic marketable bonds
`NGD2002.M`	Not exceeding 1 year	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable bonds: Not exceeding 1 year (incl SA housing trust loans i.e marketable SP05 bonds)
`NGD2003.M`	Exceeding 1 but not 3 years	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable bonds: Exceeding 1 but not 3 years
`NGD2004.M`	Exceeding 3 but not 10 years	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable bonds: Medium term
`NGD2007.M`	Exceeding 10 years	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable bonds: Total exceeding 10 years
`NGD2500.M`	Bonds	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic non-marketable bonds
`NGD2502.M`	Non-marketable bonds	National government debt: Financing by non-marketable bonds
`NGD2710.M`	Floating rate bond	National government debt: Domestic non-marketable bonds by instrument type:Floating/variable rate bonds
`NGD3000.M`	Loan Levies	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic marketable loan levies
`NGD3500.M`	Loan levies	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic non-marketable loan levies
`NGD4076.M`	Loan levy	National government debt: Total cash-flow revenue
`NGD4500.M`	Domestic non-marketable	National government debt: Total outstanding domestic non-marketable debt
`NGD5101.M`	Not exceeding 1 year	National government debt: Total outstanding foreign marketable bonds by unexpired maturity: Not exceeding 1 year
`NGD5102.M`	Exceeding 1 but not 3 years	National government debt: Total outstanding foreign marketable bonds by unexpired maturity: Exceeding 1 but not 3 years
`NGD5103.M`	Exceeding 3 years	National government debt: Total outstanding foreign marketable bonds by unexpired maturity: Exceeding 3 years
`NGD7000.M`	Marketable	National government debt: Total foreign marketable debt
`NGD7500.M`	Non-marketable	National government debt: Total foreign non-marketable debt
`NGD7900.M`	Foreign Debt	National government debt: Total foreign debt
`NGD8000.M`	Other Debt	National government debt: Total other debt
`NGD9200.M`	Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account	National government debt: Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account
`NGD9300.M`	Government guaranteed debt	National government debt: Financial guarantees by government
`NGFC006.M`	Change in cash balances	National government finance: Including changes in the Exchequer and Paymaster-General Account balances with the South African Reserve Bank and other banks.
`NGFC020.M`	Cash-flow revenue	National government finance: National government revenue adjusted for differences in timing between the recording of transactions and bank clearances.
`NGFC040.M`	Cash-flow expenditure	National government finance: National government expenditure adjusted for differences between the recording of transactions and bank clearances, and late departmental requests/surrenders of funds.
`NGFC050.M`	Cash-flow balance (deficit -/surplus +)	National government finance: The difference between cash-flow revenue and cash-flow expenditure.
`NGFC053.M`	Plus: Cost/profit on revaluation of foreign debt at redemption	National government finance: Cost/profit of revaluation of foreign loans
`NGFC059.M`	Plus: Accrual adjustment	National government finance: Plus: Accrual adjustment
`NGFC080.M`	Net borrowing requirement	National government finance: The net borrowing requirement of national government equals the net result of the cash-flow deficit/surplus and the cost of revaluation of foreign loans at redemption. Source: The Statement of National government revenue, expenditure and borrowing, published by the National Treasury in compliance with Section 32 of the Public Finance Management Act (Act 1 of 1999, as amended by Act 29 of 1999).
`NGFC100.M`	Total net financing	National government finance: The net result of all financing activities of national government.
`NGFC101.M`	Treasury bills and short-term loans	National government finance: Cash received from the issuance of Treasury bills less cash payments made to redeem Treasury bills.
`NGFC102.M`	Domestic government bonds	National government finance: Cash received from the issuance of domestic government bonds less cash payments made to redeem domestic government bonds.
`NGFC103.M`	Foreign bonds and loans	National government finance: Cash received from the issuance of foreign bonds and loans less cash payments made to redeem foreign bonds and loans.
`NGFC104.M`	Other financing	National government finance: Cash received from the issuance of other debt instruments less cash payments made to redeem other debt instruments, including non-marketable bills and bonds, and debt of the former TBVC-countries, self-governing territories and the Republic of Namibia that were assumed by the national government.