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South Africa Current Account
Latest Release
Dec 05, 2024
Actual-70.8B
Previous-75.3B
Balance of payments is a set of accounts recording all economic transactions between the residents of the country and the rest of the world in a given period of time, usually one year. Payments into the country are called credits, payments out of the country are called debits. There are three main components of a balance of payments:
- current account
- capital account
- financial account
Either a surplus or a deficit can be shown in any of these components.
Current account records the values of the following:
- trade balance, export and imports of goods and services
- income payments and expenditure,interest, dividends, salaries
- unilateral transfers, aid, taxes, one-way gifts
It shows how a country deals with the global economy on a non-investment basis.
Balance of payments shows strengths and weaknesses in a country's economy and theref helps to achieve balanced economic growth.
| Release Date | Time | Actual | Forecast | Previous | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 05, 2024 (Q3) | 04:00 | -70.8B | -75.3B | ||
| Sep 05, 2024 (Q2) | 04:00 | -64.6B | -106.9B | ||
| Jun 06, 2024 (Q1) | 04:00 | -84.6B | -162.9B | ||
| Mar 07, 2024 | 04:00 | -165.5B | -92.0B | -34.4B | |
| Dec 07, 2023 (Q3) | 04:00 | -19.3B | -111.2B | -185.2B | |
| Sep 07, 2023 (Q2) | 04:00 | -160.7B | -178.4B | -63.7B |
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