Higher global energy prices continued to push up producer price inflation in September, but the impact was limited to a few narrow areas. Consumer price inflation also picked up, but core inflation was flat, pointing to continued weakness in domestic price pressures. We expect both consumer and producer price inflation to fall back next year, with consumer price inflation returning near zero and factory-gate prices slipping back into deflation.
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