this is business africa d.w. welcome to rwanda is reporting double digit growth for the 2nd quarter of the year heavy government spending especially in civil construction projects drove g.d.p. growth 12.2 percent in the quarter considerably higher and he. has become an economic darling of sub-saharan africa spending heavily to improve infrastructure and a truck outside investment but the kigali government has been accused of manipulating statistics to paint a pretty picture of the economy. now let's look into that from toronto i'm not joined by david him barack he's an economist and former advisor to run us presidents david can we trust these figures are they too good to be true. they're too good to be true ok right why do you say that. i say should i say 3 reasons. ok 1st of all. the flu question. did one neighborhood and the international. international prices have down that's you know one. number 2 changing with a neighbor who neighboring countries is down because as you may know. one to close its border. with iran in

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d.w. . post. south africa's reserve bank has left interest rates i'm sorry but the decision to keep things as they are has not been welcomed by everyone. while he launches what could be the world's smartest 5 g. phone in munich's today but it still doesn't have a fighting chance on the market without access to talk about apps like google. this is business africa. south africa's reserve bank monetary policy committee has left the repo rate the rate at which it lends back to other banks at 6.5 percent central bank's governor said the decision was unanimous the federal reserve also left its benchmark interest rate of 6.5 percent citing the recent u.s. fed decision it says central banks in advanced economies have provided monitoring accommodation to ease financial conditions. well south africa's economy may have avoided a technical recession last quarter but it is not out of the woods it remains a major concern the country's debt to g.d.p. ratio has grown steadily over the past decade and it's projected to reach more than 60 percent of a few years and it's right above the average in sub-saharan africa so while the ious well so

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