JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (Reuters) - South Africa's producer
inflation, which represents domestic output, slowed to 7.2
percent year-on-year in March from 8.3 percent in February,
Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
On a month-on-month basis, prices fell by 0.1 percent in
March from a 0.9 percent increase previously.
Economists polled by Reuters expected PPI to slow to 7.95
percent year-on-year and 0.6 percent on a monthly basis.
Pct changes: year/year month/month
March Feb March Feb
Domestic output 7.2 8.3 -0.1 0.9
Exported commods 4.6 5.9 -0.4 -0.3
Imported commods 9.9 13.0 0.6 0.3
*All changes are increasing unless shown with minus sign
(Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Vuyani Ndaba)
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