South Africa will add rosé wine, snuff and e-cigarette refills to its inflation basket and remove frozen potato chips and ...

The products in the basket are updated periodically to better reflect shifts and trends in consumer spending. Product weights ...

This change, known as rebasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is more than just a technical update—it’s about understanding ...

In December last year, the food basket cost R5 383,38 and a year ago in January 2024, it cost R5 324,86 in January 2024.

Evidence is mounting that shelter disinflation is gaining momentum, a trend that has yet to be fully reflected in government ...

Stats SA has updated its inflation basket, bidding farewell to frozen potato chips, and adding rosé wine and vaping.

The Pound to Australian Dollar ( GBPAUD) exchange rate rose to 1.9959 following news inflation rose by 0.2% ...

The Bank of England faces an extra dilemma ahead of next week’s interest-rate decision, with the slump in the value of the ...

The latest PMI survey for December showed that firms did raise their output prices but this was for the first time in three ...

Stats SA added rosé wine, snuff, ready-made meals and e-cigarette refills to its inflation basket Picture: iStock Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has shaken up the basket of goods and services used ...

Key statistics The monthly CPI indicator rose 2.5% in the 12 months to December. The top contributors to the annual movement ...

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