The products in the basket are updated periodically to better reflect shifts and trends in consumer spending. Product weights ...

Stats SA added rosé wine, snuff, ready-made meals and e-cigarette refills to its inflation basket Picture: iStock Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has shaken up the basket of goods and services used ...

A major overhaul to accurately reflect modern consumer behaviour has seen StatsSA shake up its basket of goods and services ...

South Africa will add rosé wine, snuff and e-cigarette refills to its inflation basket and remove frozen potato chips and ...

Stats SA has updated its inflation basket, bidding farewell to frozen potato chips, and adding rosé wine and vaping.

This change, known as rebasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is more than just a technical update—it’s about understanding the ...

South Africa will add rosé wine, snuff and e-cigarette refills to its inflation basket and remove frozen potato chips and ...

Inflation has a bearing on wage increases and influences whether or not interest rates will go up (or come down).

Statistics South Africa has tossed teddy bears, driving licences, and coffee beans out of its inflation basket, reflecting consumer's shopping habits as Saffers embrace ready-made meals and e-hailing ...

in the prices of a basket of goods, weighted according to their importance in household budgets. How is it measured? Every month, staff from Stats SA record the prices of a long list of carefully ...

The statement noted that the exercise is vital to ensure that the CPI basket, which tracks the prices of goods and services, accurately represents present-day spending habits. It noted that the ...

Oil prices turned negative as Trump spoke, while the euro dipped and the US dollar swung between gains and losses against a ...