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 PPI continued its downward trend with a deflation of 3.0% for May 2009 as compared to the PPI figures for May 2008. This is a surprising 5.9 percentage points lower than the annual rate of change in PPI for April 2009. The figure for May 2009 is good; the drop was more than what [...]

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 [...]

The PPI inflation rate for April 2009 is 2.9%, down a whopping 2.4 percentage points from what it was in March 2009. The drop is due to decreases in the yearly rate of change in PPI indices, when compared to the figures for March 2009, for almost all the PPI components – basic metals, electricity, [...]

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 PPI inflation rate, as well as a graph and table of the PPI inflation rates in South Africa, since 1980. swfobject.embedSWF(“/common/open-flash-chart/open-flash-chart.swf”, “chart_ppi_rate”, “560″, “200″, “9.0.0″, “expressInstall.swf”, {“data-file”:”%2Fcommon%2Fcharts%2Frate_chart.php%3Fchart%3Dppi_rate_chart.php”} ); The current PPI inflation rate is document.write(latest_ppi_rate);% (based on PPI data for document.write(latest_ppi_rate_date);). The PPI percentages shown in the figures and graphs [...]

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 [...]

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CPI The CPI inflation rate is calculated by comparing the CPI for the current month, with the CPI of the corresponding month of the previous year. The percentage by which the CPI basket of services and goods increased, is the CPI inflation rate.