Consumer price index
Food, non-alcoholic beverages price help push CPI to seven-month high
The price increases are still within targets set by the South African Reserve Bank, which aims to have the inflation rate between 3% and 6%.
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Petrol price impacted consumer price index - Stats SA
South Africa's CPI has increased slightly to 2.2% for June, from 2.1% in May.
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CPI dips lower to 4.1% in March
Annual CPI inflation dipped lower to 4.1% in March from February’s reading of 4.6%, according to data from Stats SA on Wednesday.
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SA CPI flat at 4.9% year/year in September
On a month-on-month basis, inflation quickened to 0.5% in September after contracting by 0.1% in August.
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SA's CPI slows to 4.9% year/year in August
Economists had expected CPI to rise to 5.2% year-on-year, according to a Reuters poll.
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Tough times: Citizens warned to expect further price hikes
Consumers will be paying more for electricity, water and sanitation services and can expect a petrol price hike of between 23 and 26 cents per litre from Wednesday.
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Lesetja Kganyago: CPI under control but risks remain
South Africa’s CPI slowed to 3.8% in March, the lowest figure since January 2011, as the end of the worst drought in decades helped push down food prices.
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Stats SA announces changes to consumer price index basket
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says the overall weighting has been adjusted from 396 to 412 to ensure the accuracy of the index to inflation.
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Economists: CPI not all doom & gloom
Statistics South Africa announced earlier that consumer inflation rose to 6.8% in December, up from 6.6% in November.
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SA’s CPI rises to 6.8% year-on-year in December
SA’s headline consumer inflation accelerated beating market expectations from 6.6% in November.
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Economists expect SARB to leave interest rates unchanged
The South African Reserve Bank has left interest rates unchanged at 7% since March this year.
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Consumer price inflation increases to 6.4%, higher than expected
Stats SA says consumer price inflation has increased to 6.4% in October from 6.1% in September.
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Reserve Bank expected to leave interest rates unchanged
Statistics South Africa said consumer price inflation came in at 5.9% year-on-year in August.
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South Africans urged to go on spending diet
Increases in food, petrol, electricity & interest rates are on the cards in coming months.
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SA's January headline CPI rises to 6.2% year-on-year
Core inflation edged up to 5.6 percent year-on-year in January from 5.2 percent in the previous month.
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Report: SA shows caution as festive spending habits shift
A report by Deloitte has revealed more South Africans will opt to buy food due to the tough economic times.
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Stats SA to conduct poverty survey
Stats SA will conduct a survey to measure the levels of poverty and inequality in the country.
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Inflation up to 6%
The year-on-year increase in the consumer price index in March was slightly above expectations.
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CPI increase driven by fuel, food
The inflation figure was higher than what economists had expected.
