JOHANNESBURG, Aug 30 (Reuters) - South African producer
inflation, which represents domestic output, was slower at 5.4
percent year-on-year in July compared with 6.6 percent in June,
Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
On a month-on-month basis, prices at the factory gate rose
by 1.6 percent in July after a 4.4 percent increase in June.
The median consensus among economists polled by Reuters
earlier this week was for PPI to slow to 5.2 percent
year-on-year and to 1.35 percent month-on-month.
Pct changes: year/year month/month
July June July June
Domestic output 5.4 6.6 1.6 4.4
Exported commods 0.9 3.0 -0.9 -2.1
Imported commods 6.6 8.1 -2.3 -0.7
*All changes are increasing unless shown with minus sign
(Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Xola Potelwa)
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