According to statistics issued by Statistics South, headline Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) fell to 5.7 percent in January from 5.9 percent in December, owing primarily to decreasing fuel prices. Motorists and companies sighed a little easier in January as fuel prices decreased by 2.8 percent from the record highs in December 2021. Food and non-alcoholic drinks, housing and utilities, and other goods and services all helped to lower the yearly inflation rate. Core inflation, which removes food and non-alcoholic drinks, as well as fuel and energy prices from the CPI, came out at a moderate 3.5 …