Headline inflation rose further in September, but the acceleration was largely due to a spike in fresh food prices. While a gradual closing of the output gap and stubbornly high import price inflation point to a further rise in consumer price inflation, the pass-through of the weak yen is now largely over. Further increases should be more muted.
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