1,226 new vehicles were sold in March, an increase of 11.4% m/m and 16.3% y/y, and the highest monthly total since July 2017. 3,134 new vehicles were sold during the first quarter, of which 1,606 were passenger vehicles, 1,363 light commercial vehicles, and 165 medium- and heavy commercial vehicles. By… Continue reading
Namibia’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 7.2% y/y in March. On a month-on-month basis, prices in the overall NCPI basket rose by 0.6%, compared to a 0.4% m/m increase in February. On an annual basis, overall prices in five of the twelve basket categories rose at a quicker rate… Continue reading
Overall Private sector credit (PSCE) increased by N$664.2 million or 0.60% m/m in February, bringing the cumulative credit outstanding to N$111.3 billion on a normalised basis (removing the interbank swaps the Bank of Namibia (BoN) accounts for in non-resident private sector claims). Year-on-year PSCE growth stood at 3.1% in February,… Continue reading