high interest rates coupled with sticky inflation continued to exert pressure on residential real estate demand as potential buyers chose to remain in a wait-and-watch mode - Demand to see momentum

Dependence on a private sector-led boom in infrastructure and foreign finance to offset the balance of payments deficit is not sound policy - Outsourcing investment & other follies

Employment Geneation in eight key manufaturing and services sector grew by over 9 percent between july and december 2012 compared to the first half of 2012 - Job Creation shows upswing