South Africa Current Account

Country: South Africa, ZAR
Importance:
Low
Sector: Trade
Last release
Actual
R190.668 B
Forecast
R-3.956 B
Previous
R50.169 B
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
1 Q 2021
R267.348 B
R244.707 B
4 Q 2020
R197.818 B
R196.590 B
3 Q 2020
R297.485 B
R-122.819 B
2 Q 2020
R-103.587 B
R-46.500 B
1 Q 2020
R69.733 B
R-152.700 B
4 Q 2019
R-68.069 B
R-204.900 B
3 Q 2019
R-190.300 B
2 Q 2019
R-204.100 B
1 Q 2019
R-142.500 B
4 Q 2018
R-110.200 B
3 Q 2018
R-176.600 B
2 Q 2018
R-163.800 B
1 Q 2018
R-229.000 B
4 Q 2017
R-137.000 B
3 Q 2017
R-109.000 B
2 Q 2017
R-110.000 B
1 Q 2017
R-92.000 B
4 Q 2016
R-76.000 B
3 Q 2016
R-176.000 B
2 Q 2016
R-134.000 B

Current Account reflects the net trade balance (the difference between exported and imported goods and services), the net factor income (such as interest, dividends, etc.) and net transfer payments (e.g. foreign donations).

A current account surplus increases net external assets and leads to an increase in capital exports in the form of an increase in external assets in the capital account. In general, values that exceed expectations are regarded as positive for ZAR and negative if they are below expectations.

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