February’s consumer prices figures should show inflation creeping further above the zero rates seen for most of last year. Although the risk of a relapse cannot be entirely ruled out – if, for example, the economy deteriorates a lot further – it now looks as though the risk of a prolonged period of deflation has largely passed.
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