Headline consumer inflation ticked up to 4.8% year on year in August from 4.7% in July. The marginal increase reflects a slowdown in food prices and an acceleration in the cost of fuel and municipal tariffs. Business Day TV discussed the print in detail with Annabel Bishop, chief economist at Investec.
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