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Apr

29

Monetary Policy Rate (MoPR) maintained at 2.40%

The Bank of Botswana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained the Monetary Policy Rate (MoPR) at 2.40% at the meeting held in

Apr

29

DBGSS improves in Q1 2024

The demand for rough diamonds improved during Q1 2024, with the first two sales cycles of the year registering a sharp

Apr

29

International trade records a deficit in 2023

International trade activity slowed during the year to December 2023. The value of both imports and exports recorded in 2023 was

Apr

29

Economic growth slows in 2023

The Botswana economy slowed during 2023. Real GDP growth was 2.7% in the twelve months to December 2023, compared to 5.5%

Mar

18

Headline inflation unchanged at 3.9% in February 2024

Annual inflation in February 2024 was 3.9%, the same rate recorded in January 2024. Group indices were generaly stable recording marginal

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03 August 2015
The budget outturn shows that Botswana has realised lower than expected Budget deficit for the year 2011/12 at P181 Billion instead ....
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03 August 2015
 The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) will soon be empowered to have access to bank accounts of suspected income tax dodgers, ....
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03 August 2015
 The BIFM 2012 Q4 Economic Review highlighted that there are inconsistencies between reported GDP growth figures by Statistics and anecdotal sentiments on ....
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03 August 2015
 The President of Botswana expressed sentiments that the Government has had bad experiences with Chinese construction contractors. Consequently, the Government has ....
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03 August 2015
Peter Shepherd, Partner and Principal Hydrologist at SPK Consulting, asserted that Botswana cannot not afford to take any risks when ot ....
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03 August 2015
Botswana's annual headline inflation fell to 7.2% in April, down from 7.6% in March. Inflation is trending downwards towrads Bank of ....
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03 August 2015
The year on year inflation rate has fallen from 7.2% in April to 6.1% in May. This makes the inflation just ....
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03 August 2015
 The annual inflation rate fell within the Bank of Botswana 3-6% objective range during the month of June 2013 at 5.8%.  ....
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