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“Statistics are the bureaucrat’s fiercest weapon”… What is the true unemployment rate?… The only good bureaucrat, according to the Sage of Baltimore…
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The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown regulations since March 27 have had a severe impact on economic activity, with mining production alone having decreased by 47.3% year-on-year in April. Overall, platinum group metal (PGM) production was dow…
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South Africa’s mining production decreased by 3.2% year-on-year in August. "Due to its large weight in the mineral group basket of about 24%, the 12.5% year-on-year decline in the platinum group metals (PGM) output subtracted three percentage point…
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South African mining output increased for the first time in nine months in July as coal and iron-ore production surged. Mining production rose 2.4% from a year earlier compared with a revised 4.1% decline in June, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa…
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Lock the government statisticians out of work permanently… Official government stats vs. “ShadowStats”…
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Lock the government statisticians out of work permanently… Official government stats vs. “ShadowStats”…
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