{
  "id": 1946380,
  "title": "Food inflation crashes to 16-year low as CPI cools to 4.3 percent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/food-inflation-crashes-to-16-year-low-as-cpi-cools-to-4-3-percent",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T13:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-08-19-food-inflation-crashes-to-16-year-low-as-cpi-cools-to-43-percent/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Africa's annual inflation rate has sharply declined to 4.3% in July, down from 5.0% in June, marking the first drop in five months. This significant change is attributed to lower food inflation and reduced municipal tariff increases.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}