Higher commodity prices have contributed to a somewhat more buoyant recovery in the 2010 calendar year than was anticipated at the beginning of the 2010 calendar year during the National Budget in February 2010. Households have started to spend again as interest rates declined together with lower inflation. According to the Federation of Trade Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), the 2010 MTBPS had to address a wide range of factors, ranging from the need to re-balance the economy after the deep recession, global developments and the need to make some inroads to mass unemployment and poverty. FEDUSA points out that, to this list, the urgent need to improve service delivery and to eradicate corruption and fraud must be added. 4.2 The New Growth Path The budget policy framework is informed by requirements of a new growth path, in which six key sectors and activities have been identified for unlocking employment potential: