Although the rise in headline inflation in December was mainly due to gasoline price base effects, the more worrying development is that the CPI-trim and CPI-median core measures both rose by a larger 0.4% m/m. The pick-up in underlying inflation pressures means there is little chance of the Bank cutting interest rates until at least the second quarter.
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