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 Africa’s financial markets stride forward with reforms, as capital dabbles in emerging markets Rocky trade relations and troubled economies have been plaguing financial markets worldwide, but Africa is positioning itself for success. Absa's Jeff Gable, Chief Economist, and Anthony Kirui, Head of Global Markets for Africa Regions, explore how African countries are laying the foundation for long-term structural transformation, even in the face of global adversity. Read more RISK MANAGEMENT A Partnership Approach To ESG Justin Schmidt, Executive: Sectors Manufacturing, Renewable Energy & Transport Logistics, and Msizi Khoza, Head: ESG at Absa CIB, discuss Sustainable Finance, and the role banks play in partnering with clients around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements. Read more RISK MANAGEMENT Absa Bank partners with Ripple to expand digital asset custody offering in South Africa Absa brings institutional digital asset custody to South Africa in partnership with Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions Read more
