Economic indicators

Both the interest in and the importance of economic indicators have grown exponentially in recent decades, and they have become part of everyday life. A sound practical knowledge of economic indicators has therefore become essential. Economic indicators explains the full range of South African economic indicators and covers all the recent revisions in this field.
Economic indicators introduces basic concepts and techniques needed to interpret economic data using real-world figures. It discusses the meaning and significance of each economic indicator along with its purpose, provides sources of relevant data and explains how to manipulate and interpret this information. All the data that are used to illustrate and describe the various indicators have been updated, and a wealth of information on the South African economy is also included.
Philip Mohr is a retired professor of Economics.
Prof. Derek Yu is a professor and Chairperson of the Department of Economics at the University of the Western Cape.
Dr Sandra Adendorff is a lecturer at Akademia. She was previously a senior learning and development consultant at the South African Reserve Bank Academy for almost 20 years.