The 0.8% m/m fall in consumer prices last month reflects the sharp drop in energy prices together with an unprecedented 0.4% m/m fall in core CPI. But the latter was largely due to very big declines in the most-affected components linked to travel and tourism – such as hotel room rates, airline fares and car rental prices – it is not indicative of a broader deflation.
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