Consumer inflation eases to 11-month low
Headline consumer inflation eased to 6,8% in April from 7,1% in March, Statistics SA announced on Wednesday.
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Headline consumer inflation eased to 6,8% in April from 7,1% in March, Statistics SA announced on Wednesday.
Unemployment increased from 32.7% in 2022 to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2023, representing 7.9-million people without work, according to Stats SA.
The recently data released by Statistics Sa shows that consumer food price increases accelerated by 14.4% in March from 14% in the previous month.
This year, Workers’ Day was marked amid unprecedented high levels of unemployment, rising cost of living, dependency on the state for social grants and growing inequality.
Statistics SA released the latest property price index stats for the eight metropolitan municipalities and nine provinces on Thursday.