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 By Prieur du Plessis, on June 16th, 2011 posted in: Inflation, US  2 people had their say - chime in!
The US consumer price index rose significantly to 3.44% in May from a year ago and 0.2% from its April level. The increase was bang on target with my estimate. However, I believe that May’s figure on a year-ago basis approached a plateau in the current cycle … [...]
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By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB. Retail sales volumes in April surprised with a 10% jump over a year ago, double the 5% growth expected. It helped that the April 2010 base was less holiday intensive than April 2011, meaning there were about the same number of [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Walmart’s South Africa Deal Getting Close (Dividend Stocks, 5/26/11) Walmart’s Acquisition Of South Africa’s Massmart Approved (Dividend Stocks, 5/31/11) South Africa retail sales surprisingly strong (Wall Street Sector Selector, 6/15/11) |
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