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Sell-Side Sees Nov CPI Rising to 8.3-8.4%, Favourable Base Effects Coming in Dec

RUSSIA
  • Today’s CPI print will be monitored closely ahead of next Friday’s CBR meeting with analysts split over the size of the bank’s next potential hike. The range of expectations is currently +50-100bp, with most leaning towards the 75-100bp range.
  • Headline CPI is expected to print in the 8.3-8.4% y/y range (bbg 8.35%), driven by non-core factors as the earlier shock from fruit and vegetable prices seems to have eased.
  • The higher print is mostly a function of a weaker RU, higher retail prices of some imported goods (delays of supplies going through EU-Belarus borders), and traditional price increases ahead of the New Year holidays.
  • Prices are expected to peak in December, however, with more favourable base effects, along with a firmer RUB, filtering through into the final reading for the year.
  • Weekly inflation prints suggest headline momentum is slowing, but price pressures have broadened across the basket - which may prompt the CBR to target the upper end of the hiking range (+75-100bp) in keeping with its push to re-anchor inflation expectations.

MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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