We think headline inflation will have risen in April and expect a further pick-up over the next few months. But price pressures should remain contained over the course of this year. Meanwhile, the sharp rebound in producer prices over the past year has now run out of steam and we expect PPI inflation to ease over the rest of 2017.
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