The sharp slowdown in South African inflation, to 5.3% y/y, in December was driven almost entirely by the impact of lower oil prices on petrol inflation. Core price pressures remain strong. But with the headline inflation rate now comfortably within the Reserve Bank’s 3-6% target range, it’s looking increasingly likely that the MPC will delay planned rate hikes until later this year or into 2016.
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