Food prices a key factor behind diverging EM inflation

A significant share of the difference in headline inflation between Emerging Asia and other emerging regions has been driven by food inflation, which appears to be related to domestic conditions more than anything else. In Emerging Europe and Latin America, high food inflation is one factor that and will keep central banks in these regions in tightening mode.

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