TRENDS IN PERSONAL INCOME ESTIMATES (2016 – 2020) Even before the Covid-19 pandemic the South African economy was characterised by low growth, high levels of income inequality and poverty, structural
TRENDS IN PERSONAL INCOME ESTIMATES (2016 – 2020) Even before the Covid-19 pandemic the South African economy was characterised by low growth, high levels of income inequality and poverty, structural
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has impacted business and consumer confidence, shifted production and delivery supply chains resulting in a significant disruption but also transformation of the retail trade sales sector
The Bureau of Market Research (BMR) recently released a research report focusing on expected consumer market trends during 2021. Data for this report was obtained by means of a key
Consumers less financially vulnerable due to improved incomes during Q1 2021 The state of South African consumers’ personal finances continued to improve during the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021)
Improvement in consumer financial vulnerability levels, but consumers remain financially very exposed Some of the financial strain that several consumers had to endure during the initial lockdown periods early in
Unisa’s partnership with Momentum to obtain a better understanding and insights of South African household finances has been running for nine years. This year’s Momentum/Unisa Household Financial Wellness Insights report
The government’s decision to allow more economic activity during the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020) relieved some of the financial strain that several consumers had to endure during Q2
The findings portrayed in this report concludes the eighth annual Happiness Index Report since the 2012 baseline Happiness Index study by the Bureau of Market Research (Pty) Ltd (BMR) (Joubert
THE INITIAL CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 AND SUBSEQUENT LOCKDOWN The Momentum/Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index (CFVI) has declined to its lowest level ever, of 35.4 points, during the second quarter of
