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Frequently Asked Questions – BER Essential Insights
It provides the BER’s Weekly Review (Enhanced edition) Short-term forecasts for key economic indicators.
Access to all BER press releases and public data via the BER Data Playground.
Event alerts and discounted access to BER webinars and conferences.
30% off our quarterly survey reports, as well as the BER’s Trends and Economic Snapshot publications.
It is designed for a single user, including small business owners, students, and young professionals, providing curated, valuable economic intelligence that focuses on the South African economy.
BER Essential Insights subscribers will still get all the free content but, in addition, will receive a weekly update of key global and local macroeconomic developments as well as our analysis of the implications for the SA economic outlook. Subscribers will also have access to the BER’s short-term forecast for GDP growth, consumer inflation, petrol prices, the prime interest rate and the rand dollar exchange rate. Subscribers will also get exclusive invitations to BER events and webinars and a 30% discount on quarterly sector reports and data publications.
Subscribers can choose between a monthly subscription (currently R210 per month incl. VAT) or a once-off annual fee of R2 100 incl. VAT. Monthly subscription fees will continue to be deducted until you decide to cancel. Annual subscriptions must be renewed each year.
Access to the benefits of BER Essential Insights will immediately cease. However, you will be able to re-subscribe and still view all the past publications to which you previously had access.
Monthly subscribers can cancel at any time. Your subscription will cease at the end of the month for which the last payment was received. In other words, if your last payment was on 20 June and you’ve subsequently decided to cancel, you will still enjoy all the benefits of your BER Essential Insights subscription until 19 July.
Annual subscribers can cancel at any time, but no refunds will be provided. However, you will still be able to enjoy the benefits of the BER Essential Insights subscription for the remainder of your subscription period.
If your BER Essential Insights subscription lapses or you cancel, you can re-subscribe via the BER website's product offering page at any time.
Yes, you will need to be connected to the Internet to open the document. Should you, however, download the PDF to your device, you will be able to read it offline too.
Currently, only one user is allowed per BER Essential Insights subscription. Please contact us if you would like to include multiple users under one payment.
You will be notified by email when the latest document is available. You will be able to download the PDF or read it on screen.
The good news is that BCIS subscribers will continue to receive the full BER Weekly (Enhanced edition) for the duration of their current BCIS subscription period. Thereafter, it will only be available to premium BCIS subscribers.
An active subscription cannot be updated or changed. However, you can cancel your existing subscription and then subscribe again.
