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South African Consumer Price Index October 2025
Annual consumer price inflation was 3,6% in October 2025, up from 3,4% in September 2025. The CPI increased by 0,1% month-on-month in October 2025. The main contributors to the 3,6% annual inflation rate were housing and utilities (4,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (3,9% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point) – see Table C and Table E. In October 2025, the annual inflation rate for: • goods was 3,1%, up from 2,9% in September 2025; and • services was 4,0%, up from 3,9% in September 2025 – see Table A. tables
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Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations BLS will announce revised news release dates on this page as they become available. We appreciate your patience while we work to get this information out as soon as possible, as it may take time to fully assess the situation and finalize revised release dates. table BLS will not publish a September 2025 Job Openings and Labor Turnover news release. Data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey for September 2025 will be published with the October 2025 data. BLS will not publish an October 2025 Employment Situation news release. Establishment survey data from the Current Employment Statistics survey for October 2025 will be published with the November 2025 data. Household survey data from the Current Population Survey could not be collected for the October 2025 reference period due to a lapse in appropriations. The household survey data is not able to be retroactively collected. The collection period for November 2025 data will be extended for both surveys, and extra processing time will be added. BLS: October JOLTS report has been rescheduled for December 9th. BLS won't publish October 2025 employment situation release.
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations BLS will announce revised news release dates on this page as they become available. We appreciate your patience while we work to get this information out as soon as possible, as it may take time to fully assess the situation and finalize revised release dates. table BLS will not publish a September 2025 Job Openings and Labor Turnover news release. Data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey for September 2025 will be published with the October 2025 data. BLS will not publish an October 2025 Employment Situation news release. Establishment survey data from the Current Employment Statistics survey for October 2025 will be published with the November 2025 data. Household survey data from the Current Population Survey could not be collected for the October 2025 reference period due to a lapse in appropriations. The household survey data is not able to be retroactively collected. The collection period for November 2025 data will be extended for both surveys, and extra processing time will be added. BLS: October JOLTS report has been rescheduled for December 9th. BLS won't publish October 2025 employment situation release.
