Drop in food inflation has run its course

Consumer price inflation is likely to have edged up in October, as the recent sharp slowdown in food inflation appears to have bottomed out. But with the central bank focused on supporting growth, the pick-up we are expecting won’t be large enough to derail further monetary easing.

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