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The higher producer prices come after consumer inflation also bucked consensus expectations, shooting through the upper limit of the Reserve Bank’s target in May. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)
BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Factory gate inflation surprises on the upside

The higher producer prices come after consumer inflation also bucked consensus expectations

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation.(Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
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Explainer: Why wage talks are inflation’s next battlefront

High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read