A severe El Niño and the lagged effects of the energy shock are likely to push EM food inflation up from current lows. Food is unlikely to be as important as core or energy prices in determining the shape of EM monetary cycles, but higher food inflation feeds into our expectations for rate hikes in a few EMs (e.g. India, Mexico). In others (such as Hungary), it may limit the room for monetary easing.
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