The Economic Advisory Services chief directorate plays a central role in the development and formulation of evidence-based mining policy and strategies and advising the executive management on the recent development of macroeconomic dynamics and its implications to the mining industry. The key responsibility of the Economic Advisory Services chief directorateMacroeconomic Research and Analysis directorate is to provide policy advice and research analysis on macroeconomic developments, microeconomic issues and international economic developments.
The Macroeconomic Research and Analysis directorat does this through policy analysis; policy impact studies; conduct research; macroeconomic forecasts and overview of the mining performance. The forecasts are used to inform the development of mining policy and strategies to grow and development the mining industry.