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TD: Core CPI To Be Stronger Than Previously Expected

US OUTLOOK/OPINION

TD forecasts core CPI of 0.19% M/M in September, with headline of 0.14%, both notably below consensus. "Lingering supply chain issues, most importantly for autos but for other goods as well, suggest a bit more strength in the data for the next few months than we were assuming previously."

  • Indeed, they raised their US inflation forecasts in a note last Friday, pointing to a core CPI print of 4.5% Y/Y by end-2021 (up from 4.1% in the previous forecast), rising further to 4.8% by Feb 2022. In the near-term, that means a reacceleration in core CPI M/M to 0.3% in each of Oct-Dec.
  • This is also in part due to more strength in rents, but offset by more "transitory weakness" in used vehicle prices in 2022 after additional strength in 2021.
  • But TD's overall view is that they don't expect "stagflation", with "modest inflation" alongside moderation in growth and "relatively low" unemployment. And they see core CPI subsiding to 2.3% by end-2022 (albeit that's above their previous forecast of 2.1%).

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