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The consumer price index (CPI) is the official measure of inflation in South Africa.One variant, the consumer price index excluding mortgage costs (CPIX), is officially targeted by the South African Reserve Bank and a primary measure that determines national interest rates.
Canada's CPI is published by Statistics Canada. The index is calculated and published monthly. It is used to escalate a given dollar value, over time, to preserve the purchasing power of that value. Thus, the CPI is widely used to adjust contracted payments, such as wages, rents, leases and child or spousal support allowances.
The economy of South Africa is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [25] [26] [27] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [28] Following 1996, at the end of over twelve years of international sanctions, South Africa's ...
South Africa's CPI slowed to 3.8 percent in March, the lowest figure since January 2011, as the end of the worst drought in decades helped push down food prices. In a speech posted on the South ...
Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of age and older (R-CPI-E): This index re-weights prices from the CPI-U data to track spending for households with at least one consumer age 62 or older.
Research papers published in 2007 and 2008 examined the economic consequences of corruption perception, as defined by the CPI. The researchers found a correlation between a higher CPI and higher long-term economic growth, [12] as well as an increase in GDP growth of 1.7% for every unit increase in a country's CPI score. [13]
Great Recession. As a direct result of the late 2000s recession, some economies in Africa have been primarily affected by reduced global demand and lower prices of commodities such as oil, platinum, nickel, gold, and copper. South Africa was the first African country to fall in recession. Other countries like Morocco and Egypt, which benefited ...
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis ( GFC ), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression. Predatory lending in the form of subprime mortgages targeting low-income homebuyers, [1] excessive risk-taking by global financial institutions, [2] a continuous buildup of toxic assets within banks ...