How can it be accessed and used?

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP analysis is published quarterly in the P0441 report. Each release is accompanied by fact sheets and supporting data in an XLSX spreadsheet. Data tables provide different perspectives on GDP such as GDP by production, final consumption expenditure by households, gross fixed capital formation and compensation of employees.

Annually, Stats SA provides a breakdown of GDP contribution (or GDPR) by province. This is included as a separate XLSX file in the Q4 release for that year, such as for 2017 and 2016.

Employment and Labour
Quarterly employment statistics are published in report P0277. This covers changes in number of people employed in different sectors and monthly earnings. Also see the quarterly labour force survey P0211 report and data which can be accessed via Nesstar under the 'Household Surveys' section.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI)
Analysis related to CPI and PPI are published monthly in P0141 and P0142.1 reports respectively. For additional insights into consumer spending, the Living Conditions Survey P0310 has detailed information on household expenditure.

Manufacturing volumes
Manufacturing production and sales is an important indicator of economic performance and employment absorption and is published monthly in report P3041.2.

Financial performance of provinces and municipalities
Aggregate income and expenditure data is reported annually for provinces in P9121 and every quarter for municipalities in P9110.

Other important sources of data related to the economy include the South African Reserve Bank's Economic and Financial Data for South Africa, National Treasury's fiscal data for municipalities through Municipal Money and for provincial and national government through Vulekamali, and international sources such as UNCTAD's trade data. Stats SA also publishes ad-hoc XLSX files related to the economy in a special folder which may be useful.