Latest Economic NewsApr 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 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 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 Our Clients![]() |
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24 August 2017
Bank of Botswana's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has maintained the Bank Rate at 5.5 percent at a meeting held on the ....
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24 August 2017
The recent publication by Statistics Botswana, Botswana Multi-topic Household Survey 2015/16 revealed a reduction in the overall level of unemployment rate ....
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12 June 2017
According to Statistics Botswana's formal sector employment survey results, overall formal sector employment in Botswana decreased by 0.6% in the period ....
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12 June 2017
Formal employment in the Mining & Quarrying sector fell significantly by 26.2% in December 2016, translating to 3,244 net jobs lost. ....
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16 May 2017
Headline inflation rate in April 2017 was 3.4% down from 3.5% recorded in March 2017. According to the data released from ....
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06 January 2017
The Bank of Botswana has revised the Pula basket weighting of currencies and the rate of crawl in order to keep ....
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15 December 2016
The fomal sector employment survey by Statistics Botswana for March 2016 showed that employment increased by 0.2 percent from 403,681 persons ....
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