SA's consumer price index (CPI)‚ used to measure inflation‚ increased to 5.4% year-on-year in December from a 5.3% year-on-year increase the prior month‚ Statistics SA said on Wednesday. Inflation had been expected to accelerate to 5.5% year-on-year last month‚ according to a BDlive survey of 13 leading economists, whose forecasts ranged from 5.3% to 5.6%. CPI was 0.3% higher month-on-month in December, from a 0.1% month-on-month rise in November. Consumers have been warned to expect higher inflation this year as the weaker rand's effects on imports are set to be more pronounced. Inflation averaged 5.7% last year, compared with 5.6% in 2012.
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