Inflation set to jump

We expect consumer price inflation to surge over the coming months on the back of a spike in food price inflation. However, with core inflation probably close to a peak and producer price inflation now falling, we don’t think officials will respond to the jump in the headline CPI rate by tightening policy further.

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