Last month’s stronger-than-expected rise in Czech headline inflation was driven entirely by higher food and fuel inflation and, on its own, is unlikely to be of too much concern to the National Bank’s MPC. However, taken together with the large rise in capital inflows related to speculation on the koruna, the chances of the MPC removing the exchange rate ceiling earlier in Q2 are rising.
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