Consumer price inflation rose to its highest level since China’s reopening from zero-COVID (excluding volatility around Lunar New Year), but this was the result of a weather-related rise in food prices rather than the “anti-involution” campaign targeting “disorderly price competition”. We doubt the campaign will lead to a meaningful improvement in underlying supply-demand imbalances, and we expect China to be in deflation next year and in 2027.
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