ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Employment data will be the focus in pre-holiday data rush

Dec 9, 2024

Third quarter Quarterly Employment Statistics is due on Thursday

​Third quarter Quarterly Employment Statistics is due on Thursday   

The focus in the week ahead will be on the third-quarter Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) due on Thursday. The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) at Stellenbosch University said the QES provides an estimate of non-agricultural formal employment and income trends the country.

In their opinion the temporary jobs created to run the May election and boosted QES employment in the second quarter, is likely to fall away in the third quarter. ..

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