JOHANNESBURG Feb 22 (Reuters) – South Africa’s
targeted consumer price inflation quickend to 6.3 percent
year-on-year in January, from 6.1 percent in December,
Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, inflation was at 0.6 percent from
0.2 percent in December.
Economist surveyed by Reuters had expected CPI to inch up to
6.2 percent year-on-year and be at 0.5 percent month-on-month.
(Reporting by Phumza Macanda)
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