Stats SA reshuffles the inflation basket: What’s in and what’s out?
The products in the basket are updated periodically to better reflect shifts and trends in consumer spending. Product weights are also adjusted.
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CPI accelerates in December, as expected; core CPI surprises lower
Owners' equivalent rent, which represents about one-quarter of the CPI basket, continued to slow on a Y/Y basis, easing to +4.8% in December from 4.9% in November. Supercore CPI, which strips out ...
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When last did BoS revise weightings of the CPI basket and why doesn’t it publish them?
3. When last did the BoS revise the weights of the CPI basket and why doesn’t it publish them, as does the CSO in Trinidad. I would hope the BoS respond to these questions, and that SN ...
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Disinflation in shelter, the biggest CPI component, is gathering speed
Core services inflation has been among the stickiest component within the CPI basket in recent years, particularly driven by housing costs or shelter, which includes rent of primary residence and ...
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Rebased CPI to reflect current price volatility – NBS
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 ...
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Rebased CPI to improve economic data, enhance policymaking – NBS
The statement noted that 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 ...