The Inflation Surge

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The Inflation Surge

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• May 2008

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The inflation surge

• Annual CPI inflation jumped to 3.0 in April
  (2.5 in March)
• Rise in inflation for both goods and services
• Very steep increase in producer input costs
• Now showing through in producer prices
• Severe cost push inflationary pressures
• Rising oil prices (now gt 127 per barrel)
• Food price inflation (agflation)
• Falling pound against the Euro
• Rising inflation in China and other emerging
  countries

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