The small fall in the Economic Sentiment Indicator in October leaves it consistent with solid GDP growth in Q4 and suggests that the economy may be holding up a little better than implied by the PMIs published last week. While there was some evidence of indirect effects from higher energy prices, we are comfortable with our view that services inflation will rise only modestly over the coming months.
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