JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's headline consumer price inflation slowed to 3.1% year-on-year in December from 3.2% in November, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose to 0.2% in December from 0.0% in the previous month.
Core inflation, which excludes prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages, fuel and energy, was at 3.3% year-on-year in December, the same as in November. On a month-on-month basis core inflation quickened to 0.2% from 0.0% previously.
(Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by Alexander Winning)
Price
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Change
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5d. change
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Capi.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454.3 PTS | -0.13% | -2.93% | - | ||
| 152.2 PTS | -0.22% | -2.76% | - | ||
| 1,914 PTS | -0.04% | -3.64% | - | ||
