Consumer price inflation eased due to a later Lunar New Year. But it is likely to bounce back in February. And producer price inflation, which is less seasonal, improved. The recent uptrend on both measures has been primarily driven by gold prices, which we think will drop back before long. With imbalances between supply and demand set to persist, we think wider deflationary pressures will linger for a while.
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