| Producer Price Index
(PPI) & Key Findings: March 2013
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Final manufactured goods - Headline PPI
The annual percentage change in the PPI for final manufactured goods was 5.7% in
March 2013 (compared to 5.4% in February 2013). From February 2013 to March 2013
the PPI for final manufactured goods increased by 0.9%.
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| Consumer
Price Index (CPI) & Key Findings: March 2013
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The headline inflation rate in March 2013 (ie, the Consumer Price Index for
all urban areas in March 2013 compared with that at March 2012) was 5.9%.
The official inflation rate (ie, the percentage change in the CPI for all
urban areas in March 2013 compared with that in March 2012) was 5.9% at March
2013. This rate was the same as the corresponding annual rate of 5.9% in
February 2013 (ie, the Consumer Price Index for all urban areas in February 2013
compared with that in February 2012).
From February 2013 to March 2013 the Consumer Price Index for all urban
increased by 1.2%.
Headline March 2013 = 5.9%.
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| Global
Markets Report: March 2013
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Market Summary
At home, the JSE recovered a bit in March, adding 0.38% to 39 861. Of
the three major JSE indices, the Industrials and Financials indices rose more
than 2.00%, but the Resources index sank 7.17% to 25 389. The Gold Mining index
continued falling, losing 2.78% to 1 856.
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| SA
Economic Reports: Third Quarter 2012
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by Jason Mattes
HIGHLIGHTS
- Growth in South African economy slows to 1.20% in the 3rd Quarter (2nd
Quarter: 3.40%)
- Consumer price inflation averages 5.70% in 2012
- Non-financial PSBR declines from 8.10% to 6.60% of GDP for April to
September 2012
- Trade deficit falls from largest monthly total of R21.19 billion in
October to R2.7 billion in December
- South African economy forecast by SA Reserve Bank to grow by 2.60% in 2013
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