Spike in agricultural prices unlikely to drive up EM inflation

A spike in global agricultural commodity prices has raised concerns that the current period of subdued inflation in the emerging world could be nearing an end. But the recent increases still leave global prices lower than a year ago, making it highly unlikely that we are facing a re-run of the food price-driven inflation shocks of the recent past. 

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