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SA factory inflation rate drops to three-year low on lower fuel costs

Simon Osuji by Simon Osuji
August 31, 2023
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South African producer inflation slowed for the 12th consecutive month in July, driven by lower gasoline and other fuel prices.

The annual rate dropped to 2.7% — the lowest level since October 2020 — from 4.8% in June, according to data published Thursday by Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa. The median forecast of the eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 3%.

The reading provides a further indication that slower inflation is taking root after data last week showed price-growth eased to a two-year low of 4.7%. The measure is still above the 4.5% midpoint of the central bank’s target range at which it prefers to anchor price-growth expectations.

The slowdown in producer inflation, an early indicator of consumer-price growth, was mostly driven by prices of coke, petroleum, chemicals, rubber and plastic products, which contributed a negative 2.5 percentage points to the annual rate. South Africa’s diesel and petrol prices, which are regulated by the Central Energy Fund, fell 17.6% and 10.2% year-on-year respectively in August and should cool inflation further.

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