JOHANNESBURG, Sept 19 (Reuters) – South Africa’s consumer
inflation ticked up to 5.0 percent year-on-year in August, in
line with market expectations, from 4.9 percent in July,
Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, inflation eased to 0.2 percent
compared with 0.3 percent in July and against economists’
expectations that it would remain steady at 0.3 percent.
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa)
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