A shopper collects goods on a trolley at a Makro store in Johannesburg, South Africa. Household spending increased an annualized 5.2 percent, compared with 4.8 percent in the previous three months. Photographer: Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg
A shopper collects goods on a trolley at a Makro store in Johannesburg, South Africa. Household spending increased an annualized 5.2 percent, compared with 4.8 percent in the previous three months. Photographer: Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg
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