{"id":6307,"date":"2016-03-11T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T06:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=6307"},"modified":"2016-03-11T08:56:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T06:56:32","slug":"stats-biz-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=6307","title":{"rendered":"Stats Biz \u2013 February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current data point to an agriculture industry that is struggling. During November 2015, in the midst of South Africa\u2019s worst drought in 23 years, Stats SA released gross domestic product (GDP) figures showing three consecutive quarters of steep decline in agricultural activity. A number of forecasts suggest that food prices might rise sharply as a result. Which parts of the country might be most vulnerable? Explore food prices, as well as other economic stories, in this edition of Stats Biz.<\/p>\n<p>Download Stats Biz \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/StatsBizFebruary2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">February 2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current data point to an agriculture industry that is struggling. During November 2015, in the midst of South Africa\u2019s worst drought in 23 years, Stats SA released gross domestic product (GDP) figures showing three consecutive quarters of steep decline in agricultural activity. A number of forecasts suggest that food prices might rise sharply as a&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=6307\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stats-biz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6310,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions\/6310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}