JOHANNESBURG, Sept 27 (Reuters) - South African producer
inflation, which represents domestic output, was slower at 5.1
percent year-on-year in August compared with 5.4 percent in
July, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
On a month-on-month basis, prices at the factory gate rose
by 0.7 percent in August after a 1.6 percent increase in July.
The median consensus among economists polled by Reuters
earlier this week was for PPI to slow to 5.3 percent
year-on-year and to 0.85 percent month-on-month.
Pct changes: year/year month/month
August July August July
Domestic output 5.1 5.4 0.7 1.6
Exported commods -0.3 0.9 0.1 -0.9
Imported commods 4.4 6.6 -1.0 -2.3
*All changes are increasing unless shown with minus sign
(Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)
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