insert_link Business / Economics Inflation Inches Up to 3.4 Percent The Namibia Statistics Agency’s Mirjam Shihepo reports that headline inflation in November 2025 rose to 3.4 percent from 3 percent in November 2024. Monthly inflation stayed at 0 percent, with Zone 1 recording the lowest annual rate at 3.3 percent, while Zone 2 and Zone 3 both registered 3.4 percent. Shihepo has more. today5 December, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Morning Biz News – 19 February 2025 The Namibian stock market recorded notable trading activity this month, with a total of 940,710 shares exchanged, valued at N$13.4 million across 53 deals. The financial sector led trading volumes, with 1,089,156 shares changing hands, amounting to N$2.6 million. Year-to-date, 8.4 million shares have been traded, totaling N$496.4 million across 660 deals. In South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has delayed the release of the January 2025 inflation report […] today19 February, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics 07 February 2025 BIz News Inflation Rate Drops to 3.2% in January The Statistics Agency has released its latest report on the country’s inflation rate, revealing a decline in the annual headline inflation rate to 3.2% for January 2025. This marks a notable drop from the 5.4% recorded in January 2024. The decrease is attributed to lower fuel prices and easing food costs, providing relief to consumers. Minerals Council SA Calls for Faster Mining Approvals […] today7 February, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Economic Growth Slows As Inflation Declines According To BoN Josefina Oskar from the Bank of Namibia reported that the economy grew by 2.8% in Q3 of this year, slower than the 3.1% in the same period last year. The decline was mainly due to weaker agriculture and mining sectors, while manufacturing and construction saw growth. Inflation eased to 4.1%, with the headline rate dropping to 3.0% in October and November. today18 December, 2024
insert_link South Africa EFF has welcomed the consumer price inflation figures released by Statistics South Africa In S.A, the EFF has welcomed the consumer price inflation figures released by Statistics South Africa, indicating a further decline from 4.4-percent in August to 3.8-percent in September. This marks the lowest inflation rate since March 2021. The EFF’s, Leigh-Ann Mathys, says this confirms the inflationary pressures faced by the country are not demand-driven, but a result of economic and global challenges that require a different monetary policy approach: Meanwhile, […] today24 October, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics SA’s inflation drops to 3.8-percent South Africa's inflation rate fell to 3.8 percent last month, down from 4.4 percent in August, marking the lowest rate since early 2021 mainly due to lower transport costs as fuel prices dropped by nine percent from last year. Statistics South Africa’s Patrick Kelly. today23 October, 2024
insert_link Namibia Government Institutions Pension Fund increases pension and disability income benefits The Government Institutions Pension Fund announced pension and disability income benefits increases. The Board of Trustees took this decision after a thorough actuarial due diligence process and in consideration of various factors such as the inflation rate, cost of living, reasonable benefit expectations of its active annuitants, affordability on the part of the Fund and the average annual return over the last five years, as well as the current and […] today29 April, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics FNB Namibia economist forecasts April inflation Following the release of the Consumer Price Index for March 2024, which shows the annual inflation rate stood at 4.5% compared to 7.2% recorded in March 2023, by the Namibia Statistics Agency, we contacted Helena Mboti an economist at FNB Namibia to get the bank's inflation forecasts for April 2024. today10 April, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics February 2024 inflation rate drops to 5.0% Namibia's annual inflation rate for February 2024 decreased to 5.0% from 7.2% in February 2023. According to Namibia Statistics Agency spokesperson Mirjam Shihepo, major contributors to the rate were food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco. today7 March, 2024
