April producer inflation rises to 4.4%

By Respect Gwenzi, Jun 01, 2018

South Africa‘s producer price inflation (PPI) quickened to 4.4% year-on-year in April compared with 3.7% in March, the statistics agency said on Thursday.

On a month-on-month basis, April PPI rose 1% after shrinking 0.2% in March, StatisticsSouth Africa said.

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