The objective of this research is to test the hypothesis that pricing conduct in SouthAfrica, revealed by studies of pricing microdata, can be shown to have an impact on themodeling and conduct of monetary policy. In order to discern stylised facts about pricingconduct in South Africa, use is...

A sizeable literature examines exchange rate pass-through to disaggregated import prices, but few micro-studies focus on consumer prices. This article explores exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices in South Africa, for 2002-2007, using a unique data set of highly disaggregated data at...

Inflation, a macroeconomic variable, is underpinned by microeconomic data. This paper uses a large microdata sample at the unit level of South Africa’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the period 2001m12 to 2007m12 to begin to understand price setting conduct in South Africa. An understanding of...