We think that consumer price inflation peaked in October. With all the recent increase in the headline rate coming from food prices, inflation is only likely to continue rising if there are further shocks to food supply. There is little evidence of underlying price pressure. For example, monetary growth is now only slightly faster than the pre-crisis norm.
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