March CPI ticks up on growing food prices

Inflation ticked up in March to 7.1% year-on-year from 7% in February as food and transport costs fail to abate. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 14% year-on-year while transport costs accelerated by 8.9% during the period. Business Day TV sat down with Xhanti Payi, Economist at PwC for his analysis of the print and what it suggests for monetary policy moving forward.