The national accounts for Q3 2016 from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show a headline-making, third successive quarter of recession. The contraction of the economy picked up from -2.1% y/y in the second quarter to -2.2%. Not for the first time, the swings in oil sector output make the more
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