S.Africa’s PPI steady at 6.6 percent y/y in June MyZA

JOHANNESBURG, July 26 (Reuters) - South African producer
inflation, which represents domestic output, was unchanged at
6.6 percent year-on-year in June compared to May, Statistics
South Africa said on Thursday.  
    On a month-on-month basis, prices at the factory gate rose
by 4.4 percent in June after a 0.5 percent increase in May.
    The median consensus among economists polled by Reuters
earlier this week was for PPI to slow to 5.95 percent
year-on-year while accelerating to 3.3 percent month-on-month.
 Pct changes:            year/year   month/month     
                        June   May     June  May      
 Domestic output        6.6    6.6     4.4   0.5        
 Exported commods       3.0    5.3    -2.1   1.1       
 Imported commods       8.1    8.3    -0.7   0.9   
 *All changes are increasing unless shown with minus sign

 (Reporting by Xola Potelwa)