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Food inflation: no need to worry just yet

The recent spike in global agricultural prices is likely to feed through to a pick-up in food inflation in most African economies in early 2013. But the shock to food inflation should be much smaller than in 2011 and is unlikely to prevent further rate cuts in Uganda, Kenya and perhaps South Africa by the end of this year.

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