The CPI and PPI inflation figures for June 2009 are out. The year-on-year headline CPI inflation rate for June 2009 is 6.9%, 1.1 percentage points lower than the figure for May 2009. PPI inflation also came in lower at -4.1%, also down 1.1 percentage points when compared to the figure for May 2009. You can [...]

Hi Francois I need to compare the official and actual inflation rates. Where do I find information about the actual inflation rate? And what’s the difference? Regards, Monica Hi Monica You ask a very interesting question. The official inflation rate in South Africa is calculated by looking at how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) changes [...]

The CPI inflation figures for May 2009 were just released by Stats SA. As expected, the CPI inflation rate continued its downwards trend, with the headline inflation rate for May 2009 coming in at 8.0%, 0.4 of a percentage point lower than the figures for April 2009. You can check out this page if you [...]

Stats SA just released the CPI inflation figures for April 2009. The headline inflation rate in April 2009 was 8.4%, 0.1 of a percentage point lower than the figures for March 2009. You can check out this page if you want to see a chart and table of the CPI inflation rates in South Africa, [...]

This page shows the current CPI inflation rate, as well as a graph and table of the CPI inflation rates in South Africa, since 1982. swfobject.embedSWF(“/common/open-flash-chart/open-flash-chart.swf”, “chart_cpi_rate”, “560″, “200″, “9.0.0″, “expressInstall.swf”, {“data-file”:”%2Fcommon%2Fcharts%2Frate_chart.php%3Fchart%3Dcpi_rate_chart.php”} ); The current CPI inflation rate is document.write(latest_cpi_rate);% (based on CPI data for document.write(latest_cpi_rate_date);). The CPI percentages shown in the figures and graphs [...]