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SA food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation unchanged in January 2019
Published: 20/02/2019
South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation remained unchanged in January 2019 at 3.0% y/y. But we think going forward there will be upside pressures which will emanate from a general increase in agricultural commodity prices, albeit having slowed somewhat from levels seen at the start of the year. The increases will, however, not be steep due to expectations of a decline in meat prices. We think South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation could average about 5% y/y in 2019.
South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation remained unchanged in January 2019 at 3.0% y/y. But we think going forward there will be upside pressures which will emanate from a general increase in agricultural commodity prices, albeit having slowed somewhat from levels seen at the start of the year. The increases will, however, not be steep due to expectations of a decline in meat prices. We think South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation could average about 5% y/y in 2019.