Furthermore, South Africa’s loss of its investment-grade status could expose us to greater volatility of non-resident capital flows in the future, with a higher risk premium required to compensate for such volatility. 7.
The number of regions varies with data availability, with two breaks in the series when the number of regions changed. From November 2007, there are 68 statistical regions. BIS Review 119/2010  7  weight these unemployment rates by population, the shaded area is where 80 per cent of the weighted observations lie.