An investigation of the causes of South Africa’s rising inflation from 2007– 2023

dc.contributor.authorNdou, Phumudzo Faranani
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T07:14:49Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionA research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024
dc.description.abstractThe paper investigates the causes of South Africa’s inflation from 2007-2023. Thereport finds that labour costs, import prices and the exchanges rate are positivedeterminants of inflation. The report finds that labour unit cost is still the biggestcontributor to inflation. The report futher finds that inflation targeting must beemployed together with non-monetary policy measures to be fully effective. The reportrecommends fiscal policy measures such govement price control and policy measures tocontrol wage increases. The report futher recommends that the SARB must be moretransparent in communicating its measures on how it will deal with inflation in thefuture this will enable the Reserve Bank to better control inflation expectations
dc.description.submitterMM2025
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Management
dc.identifier.citationNdou, Phumudzo Faranani. (2024). An investigation of the causes of South Africa’s rising inflation from 2007– 2023 [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg].WireDSpace.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/43828
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights© 2025 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolWITS Business School
dc.subjectInflation
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-8: Decent work and economic growth
dc.titleAn investigation of the causes of South Africa’s rising inflation from 2007– 2023
dc.typeDissertation

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