Headline inflation has surged again in almost all major economies. However, inflation excluding food and energy remains subdued. While this is not a good reason for complacency, it does suggest that headline rates will fall sharply over the next year or so as commodity prices fall (or at, worst, level out) and base effects turn more favourable. Talk that China is now exporting inflation is also overdone.
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