Mail & Guardian
Africa · 3 hrs ago
✦ 75◉ Centre
Consumers face double blow as inflation rises and rate fears return
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South Africa's inflation rose to 4% in April, driven by global fuel price shocks, creating uncertainty about future interest rate decisions and potentially raising costs for consumers and borrowers.
Consumers face double blow as inflation rises and rate fears return
South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook
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