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JPM See NBP Unlikely to React to Soft CPI

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  • JP Morgan note another large downside surprise for Polish inflation – with the release driven by food and energy. Given that food weighs 27% in the basket, this accounts for most of the decline in CPI.
  • They estimate that core prices were up 0.35% M/M in December, fully in line with their forecast. If confirmed, this implies core CPI falling to 7% Y/Y in October, from 7.3%, also in line with forecast.
  • They expect inflation will fall abruptly in early 2024, mainly on very favorable energy base effects, as last year’s massive energy tariff adjustments are followed by frozen prices this year. Food inflation still has plenty of room to decline, and they see it at 3% by March. They expect core CPI to oscillate between 4-4.5% in most of 2024, which should push CPI back to the 4-5% range in the remainder of the year.
  • On the NBP, they see it as unlikely to react to the downside surprise. The NBP is more likely to use the last couple of downside surprises as an argument to justify it did well to cut in September/October, and less so to justify a new dovish impetus. Still, with core CPI in the low 4s in late 2024, we see some room for the NBP to cautiously deliver two 25bp cuts in 4Q24.

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