New Year effect pushes up inflation

A spike in food prices due to Chinese New Year looks likely to have caused inflation to pick up further in February. Once seasonal volatility has faded, we expect inflation to rise further this year but still to remain below the government’s inflation target – which we expect to be reaffirmed at 3% at the NPC meeting this weekend.

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