The key question for Peruvian policymakers is not so much ‘will inflation continue to fall back in 2012?’, but rather ‘will the recent spike in grains prices trigger a rebound in 2013?’. Although we would not discount the risks of a pick-up in food CPI next year, in the absence of fresh rises in agricultural commodity prices, inflation should remain subdued over the next 12-18 months.
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