CPI fell deeper into deflationary territory last month. The main culprit continues to be food and energy prices – the rate of core inflation held steady and remains positive. Services inflation, the best guide to domestic economic conditions, has picked up this year. But it has reversed some of its earlier gains during the past couple months, consistent with a renewed softening in the labour market.
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