Farm and factory gate inflation, as measured by the annual change in the producer price index (PPI), rose to 5.1% in November from 5% in October, surprising economists who had expected it to fall slightly. Statistics SA data showed that the index, which was set to 100 in December 2016, rose to 104.6 points in November from October’s 104.1 points.
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