sam badas filed this report. >> inflation data from china with producer prices fell and consumer prices rose that tells us the rebound that drove up sticker prices in the lunar new year hasn't reached the companies yet. suggesting manufacturing is taking longer to recover despite signs of improvement the fourth month of deflagtdefl. food prices rose during the holiday, tparticularly vegetables core inflation, which strips out food and energy ticked up amid healthcare and traveling demand. it chinese stocks fell in morning trade. yuan pulled back against the dollar there will be a lag with the reopening and pick up in demand with economists expect headline inflation to pick up one economist telling me today inflation pressure may not start to squeeze the pboc head room until q4 analysts don't spec expect to see it run as hot to raise interest rates i'm sam badas. back to you. >>> let's turn to south africa with the state of disaster with crippling power shortages. the president says it is disrupting business. we have arabile in studio to bring us insight into what caused this declaration