MONEY SMART WEEK SOUTH AFRICA Become more educated about your finances | Inflation Absa | Corporate and Investment Banking > Insights and Events > Become more educated about your finances | Inflation Peter Worthington Senior Economist SHARE Inflation is the overall rise in the prices of all the goods and services that you buy as a consumer. The inflation rate is the annual percentage change in the weighted average price level, which we call the consumer price index, or CPI. Join Peter Worthington from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking as he simplifies this complicated concept. Inflation means an overall rise in the prices of all the goods and services that you buy as a consumer. The inflation rate is the annual percentage change in the weighted average price level, which we call the consumer price index, or CPI. Join Peter Worthington from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking as he simplifies this complicated concept. Peter Worthington Senior Economist https://cib.absa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 Related Articles RISK MANAGEMENT Black Friday, the Rand and the Trump Effect Paul Fenwick, CFA: FX Desk Head Markets at Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, explains how the rand’s reaction to the US election will – and won’t – impact retailers ahead of the Black Friday sales Read more RISK MANAGEMENT From Feature Phones to Future Finance: How Digital Wallets Are Reshaping Cash Management Beverley Chiluba, Head: Transactional Banking and Products and Setumo Seroka, Head: Cash Management Sales (International) at Absa CIB, unpack how digital wallets captured the African market, and how they’re reshaping the future of cash management for corporates. Read more RISK MANAGEMENT How we’re leveraging GenAI for human-centric insights Naomi Parsons, Head of Digital Delivery, Absa CIB, examines the dual role that Generative AI can play in the banking space by merging digital technology with deeply human insights. Read more
