Headline consumer price inflation surged beyond even our above-consensus forecast to an eight-year high of 7.8% y/y in April. Given that it is likely to rise even higher over the coming months, further hikes to the repo rate looked nailed on. We think the repo rate will rise to 5.65% by the end of the year, a more hawkish view than most hold.
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