South Africa Macroeconomic Trends and Drivers of Wholesale Trade During and After Covid-19 (Research Paper Sample)

Analyzing the macroeconomic trends and drivers of Wholesale trade in South Africa during and after COVID-19 Pandemic 2009-2020
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The study sets out to analyze the macroeconomic trends and drivers of Wholesale trade in South Africa. This study topic will be guided with five different variables namely; wholesale trade sellers (Rwhole) as the dependent variable and independent Rwhole : Wholesale trade sales, constant seasonally adjusted (R millions),M3 : Money supply, nominal (R millions),Repo : Repurchase interest rate (Percentage),Cpi : Consumer price index (Index),Rand : Real effective exchange rate of the rand: Average for the period (20 trading partners). A higher index value indicates a stronger (appreciating) rand and Dum : Dummy variable, where 2020M2-M4 = 1; otherwise = zero (0).These variables will guide the study to realize its main objective. Wholesale businesses are experiencing tremendous losses as a result of a decline in the real number of consumers, which is seriously harming commerce (Kgwale, 2021). This puts at risk a number of other macroeconomic indices, including employment, economic growth, and national GDP. Our is one of the key motivations for this study since, contrary to earlier assumptions, the pandemic is now posing severe economic and health problems.