The first fall in inflation for seventeen months suggests that the headline rate may now have peaked. However, this is far from certain, and in any case core inflation did not fall and is likely to prove sticky next year. We still expect the ECB to press on with its tightening cycle and to hike by at least 50bp in December.
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