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We take a look at the latest wholesale trade numbers and find that while the biggest contributor to wholesale trade income in November 2018 was solid, liquid and gaseous fuels wholesalers, the Black Friday and Cyber monday days contributed almost R19 billion in wholesale trade income in November 2018.

We take a look at the latest results of the Quarterly Financial Statistics (QFS) as published by Statistics South African and focus on the income and expenses of various enterprise sizes.

We take a look at the manufacturing volume of goods produced index and find that its been a slow recovery for the SA manufacturing industry from the 2008/2009 financial crises which saw volumes of goods produce decline dramatically.

We take a look at the number of employees in the Wholesale, Retail and Motor Trade industry and find that employment in the retail industry is far more seasonal than the other two industries.

We take a look at the continued decline of jobs in South Africa's gold mining industry, while the rest of the industry is creating jobs, gold mining still keeps shedding jobs at a rapid rate.

We update our Economic Progress Index (EPI) for South Africa and show that while a little progress has been made in 2018,it is still far off the levels it was sitting at in 2010. Just showing how badly South Africa's economy is actually doing.

We compare the consumer goods, consumer services and financial index of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) against one another and find that the consumer goods industry has been hardest hit over the last 3 years, compared to the other two.

We take a look at the average amount spent per household per province on renting a dwelling to stay in, as well as the opportunity cost of living in a dwelling instead of renting it out.

We take a look at the monthly total yield, dividend yield and PE ratio of the JSE All Share Index from the start of 2007.

We take a look at the average hourly wages of carpenters per state in the United States and it looks like Alaska and Hawaii is the place to be for carpenters as they earn far more per hour than the rest of the states in the USA.

We take a look at South Africa's trade with France, Italy and Germany (FIG) for the period January 2018 to November 2018 and show that South Africa has a massive trade deficit with the aforementioned countries.

We take a look at the latest fuel price announcement by the South African government and luckily for South Africans the price per litre of 95 Octane at the reef has declined by almost 18% in the last two months (or R3.07) from the record highs it saw in November 2018

We take a look at the modeled wage estimates of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the USA and focus on the average hourly wages of truckers in the USA, and compare their average hourly wages to that of employees in South Africa active in the transportation sector.

We take a look at South Africa's property market and focus on the Western Cape and in particular the City of Cape Town, and we are worried that there is a property bubble being created or already in place in the Western Cape and city of Cape Town.

We take a look at the average interest rate charged on installment sales in South Africa per month over the last couple of years. If you thinking of buying that new car in 2019, think again. Rather save for bigger deposit and save in interest.

We take a look at the business cycle indicators as calculated and published by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). And the growth in this indicators shows why South Africa's economy is growing so slowly.

We take a look at the latest numbers from the Annual Financial Statistics (AFS) survey published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). In this article we will focus on the security costs as a percentage of total income earned by firms. Which industries or sub industries pays the highest percentage of total income earned on security?

In this article we take a look at the year on year inflation rates from January 2018 to October 2018 as published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on a curved bar chart. Wondering if South Africa's inflation rate is increasing?

In this article we take a look at the different sectors in South Africa's economy and the growth of each sector over the last 20 years on a radar timeline chart. While the agricultural sector makes up a very small part of South Africa's overall GDP (around 2.5%) it is prone to severe swings in growth rates largely driven by the behaviour of mother nature.

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