Row rect Shape Decorative svg added to bottom 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 The New Centre of Market Resilience Sabir Ballim, Head of Transactional Banking FI Sales UK/EU and US, and Mosetsana Mahlafunya, Group Head of Absa Investor Services, explore how custody has progressed, due to the evolution of African markets. Read more RISK MANAGEMENT No New JIBAR Prohibition With nine months remaining until the formal cessation of the Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (JIBAR) on 31 December 2026, the South African Reserve Bank Prudential Authority (SARB PA) and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), together “the Authorities”, have issued a joint communication instructing financial institutions to stop initiating new JIBAR-linked transactions, products and exposures from 1 May 2026. Read more RISK MANAGEMENT The business playbook for a stronger rand Chris Paizis, Head of Client FX and International Banking at Absa CIB, outlines the options for corporate treasurers when the rand strengthens against the US dollar. Read more
