JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's annual consumer inflation ticked up to 4.7% in December compared with 4.6% in November, the national statistics agency said on Wednesday.
Statistics South Africa said the consumer price index increased by 0.5% month-on-month in December.
This means that for 2017 the average annual consumer price inflation stayed at a 3% to 6% target band.
StatsSA has reported that the average annual consumer price inflation was at 5.3% in 2017.
This is a 1.1 percentage points lower than the corresponding average of 6.4% in 2016.
The inflation percentage for December 2016 was 4.7%, up from 4.6%.
Housing and utilities contributed 0.1 of a percentage point in December.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages contributed 0.1 of a percentage point.
Inflation for goods increased 4.1% year-on-year for December, and the inflation for services increased by 5.3% year-on-year.
