The fall in Polish inflation to 3.1% y/y in May – when most had expected a rise above 3.5% - suggests that underlying price pressures are softer than we had thought. In the last couple of weeks, it had started to look likely that policymakers would shift towards monetary tightening, but the soft inflation print and the growing prospect of a deal to end the Iran war may give them room to hold off doing so.
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