South African economy contracts failing predictions
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- South Africa
South Africa's economy contracted 3.2% in the first quarter from the previous one, Statistics South Africa data showed on Tuesday.
Economists polled by Reuters had predicted a contraction of 1.7%. Year on year growth was zero compared with forecasts of growth of 0.7%.
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