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PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

Producer price index up in January

The year-on-year producer price index for domestic output in January 2012 has shown an increase of 8.9%, said Statistics SA.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
INFLATION

PPI figures raise hope for lower inflation

The Producer Price Index lowers the trajectory for inflation expectations on the production side and early next year could see single digits.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS

The week ahead: Long on rumour, short on fact

Markets will discover this week whether optimism over EU leaders’ efforts to resolve the continent’s debt crisis has any firm basis in reality.

  • Matt Quigley
6 min read
BONDS

PPI rises 0.4% year-on-year

South Africa’s PPI registered growth of 6.9% year-on-year in May from 6.6% year-on-year in April, Stats SA data showed.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

PPI slows more than expected

SA’s producer price inflation (PPI) slowed more than expected in July on easing commodity prices, hardening the case for a rate cut.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

PPI remains negative in November

The PPI– which tracks the cost of goods leaving factories and mines — remained negative in November, Statistics SA said on Thursday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read