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South Africa: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for South Africa

January 30, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. African Dept. "South Africa: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for South Africa", IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 028 (2025), accessed February 20, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229000048.002

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Summary

A new Government of National Unity (GNU) has been in place since June 2024, which the markets have welcomed. The GNU faces difficult challenges: declining GDP per capita, high unemployment, poverty and inequality, and rising public debt and debt service, which crowd out other urgent spending needs. Its fresh mandate represents an opportunity to pursue ambitious reforms to safeguard macroeconomic stability and address these challenges, placing the economy on a path toward higher, more inclusive, and greener growth.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Carbon tax, Commodities, Crime, Electricity, Environment, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Greenhouse gas emissions, Income, Income inequality, Inflation, National accounts, Prices, Public debt, Taxes

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Carbon tax, Credit, Electricity, Financial sector stability, Greenhouse gas emissions, Income, Income inequality, Inflation

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