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Inflation at 13-month low in May

Food price index dips

Be kind to those worse off than you are

South Africans earning less while paying more for everything

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Illicit trade: SA economy loses R100 billion annually

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Night-time shopping booms as Zimbabwe inflation soars

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‘Government must fix its debt’

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Could e-commerce give small businesses protection against inflation?

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Although inflation cooled in April, price embers still smouldering

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Loyalty programmes helping South Africans make it to the end of the month

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Inflation increase surprises economists

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Inflation up again in March due to high food prices

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Britain’s sex workers also hit by inflation

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‘Financially overstretched’ – Slee owns her situation on Real Housewives of Durban

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Basic food basket prices still increasing, hurting the poor

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Tips to reduce your living costs after another interest rate hike

50 bps increase in repo rate was expected, but shocking nonetheless

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Shock as repo rate hiked by 50 basis points – prime rate highest in 13 years

South Africans can expect repo rate cuts by year-end

South Africans’ salaries remain low, despite job market stabilising

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Unjustified price increases for essential food worries Competition Commission

More central banks hike rates despite banking-sector turmoil

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Surprise jump in UK inflation deals new cost-of-living blow

Another 50 basis point repo rate hike likely, as inflation back at 7%

Surge in inflation: Food prices hit highest levels since 2009

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UK unveils cost-of-living budget as mass strikes hit nation

Drop in economic transactions signals SA’s deteriorating economic activity

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US consumer inflation still elevated but Fed under stress

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South Africans’ average take-home pay down 7.5% in January

‘Eggflation’ or how eggs became a luxury product

Consumers expect more hardship

Food prices decrease globally, except in SA

Inflation down, but food prices rise to highest in 14 years

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All about interest rate hikes and how they affect your finances

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No deal as IMF leaves crisis-hit Pakistan

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South Africans Down Under dip out on some great savings

High inflation is still hitting consumers hard

The country – and us – need some saving

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Rising cost of living leaves 38% of SA consumers too broke to pay their bills

Couples fear rising cost of living will cause a breakup

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Inflation moderating but interest rates will increase

Annual consumer price inflation highest in 13 years

When did our country become too expensive for us to live in?

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Cost-of-living crisis biggest global risk – Davos study

New minimum wage could increase domestic workers’ salaries to R25 an hour

2022 was another tough year for SA economy

Investing in 2022: Difference between good business and good investment

Slight downward trend for November consumer price inflation

Africa

‘Everything increasing except wages’: inflation batters Ethiopia

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Price hikes: Expect to fork out R36k to fly your family to the Cape; R15k for a roof

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Grocery basket: Woolworths cheaper than Spar, Checkers and Pick n Pay in November

Rand tanking sees a surge in new car prices

South Africans are paying the costs of political infighting for little return

SA’s repo rate hiked by 75 basis point

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Blackpool Illuminations not going anywhere, despite soaring electricity bills

Price pressures’ ease in US could be good news for SA

Frankenstein’s monster – will interest rate hikes work to kill inflation?

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SA Shopping habits – making less store trips but buying the same

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Empty shelves as German supermarkets resist price hikes

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Ghana shops, traders shut down to protest inflation

Inflation down while CPI up in September 2022

Is South Africa heading for stagflation or deflation or both?

Inflation: Bleak outlook for global economic growth projections – KPMG

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Discovery delays 2023 medical aid increases to April

Slight decline good news for consumers, but inflation nightmare far from over

South Africa’s inflation dips in August after drop in fuel price

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How SA is surviving inflation: less holidays, buying second-hand, losing luxuries

No job, no food: Too soon to celebrate lower unemployment rate