Business Maverick: Stagflation — SA consumer inflation accelerates to new 13-year high of 7.8% in July

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South African consumer inflation accelerated to a new 13-year high of 7.8% in July from 7.4% in June, underscoring the rising cost of living that prompted Wednesday’s planned stay-away by trade unions. The usual suspects of food, fuel and transport ...

Cosatu and Saftu appears to have shut little down, but the key reason behind the planned protests — the surging cost of living — was thrown into sharp relief by data which showed the consumer price index racing to a new 13-year high of 7.8% in July from 7.4% in June.

“Municipalities increase service charges in July every year. Electricity tariffs increased on average by 7.5%, equivalent to the 7.5% benchmark approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa . This increase is lower than last year’s rise of 13.8% but higher than the 2020 increase of 6.3%,” Stats SA said.

July’s inflation read will not be lost on the South African Reserve Bank , which has hiked its key repo rate by 200 basis points since November of last year from record lows in a bid to cool scorching prices.

 

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