The 0.9% m/m surge in both headline and core consumer prices in June was much stronger than we expected and illustrates that temporary supply bottlenecks stemming from the pandemic are still putting significant upward pressure on prices in some sectors. But the bigger concern is that inflationary pressures are also now clearly building in cyclically-sensitive sectors, which could prove longer lasting.
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