Headline inflation stayed negative in August as a boost from Go To Travel base effects was offset by a major drag from fresh food inflation. But looking through one-off factors such as Go To and April’s mobile phone tariffs cuts, we think inflation will temporarily spike over the coming months due to upwards pressure on goods prices from continued supply shortages and the release of pent-up demand in the services sector in Q4.
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