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+=== Commentary:<ref>https://www.fxstreet.com/news/us-inflation-forecast-easing-only-slowly-still-sticky-previews-by-10-banks-202303131227</ref> ===
+==== Credit Suisse ====
+“We expect core CPI inflation to remain steady at 0.4% MoM in February, causing the YoY reading to tick down to 5.5%. Energy and food prices are likely to moderate, with headline inflation also coming in at 0.4% MoM. A reading in-line with our expectations would be uncomfortably high for the Fed, but still consistent with gradual disinflation this year.”
+==== RBC Economics ====
+“We expect Tuesday’s report to show the YoY measure falling to 5.9% in February compared to 6.4% January (which was the lowest reading since October 2021). Much of that easing has come from lower energy prices and signs that food price growth is past its peak. Inflation pressures across other goods and services has also been edging lower, though stickier than expected in recent months. We expect the February numbers to look better with ‘core’ inflation (which excludes food and energy products) dipping to 5.4% from 5.6% in January. Robust US labour market data indicates strong economic momentum at the start of 2023, and stickier inflation suggests it may take longer to get back to the 2% target. This is bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes from the Fed.”
+==== NBF ====
+“The energy component may have had only a limited effect on the headline index, with prices remaining more or less flat in this segment in the month. Expected gains for shelter, used vehicles and airline fares could still result in a 0.4% monthly increase in headline prices. The core index may have seen a similar rise, which would translate into a one-tenth drop in the annual rate to 5.5%.”
+==== CIBC ====
+“A further increase in prices at the pump and continued pressure in core categories suggest that prices rose by an uncomfortably fast 0.4% in February. Looking at core (ex. food and energy) categories, shelter prices are set to peak imminently as the typical lags with new leases that are resetting at lower rates kick in, but continued pressure in core services outside of shelter, in line with the tight labor market, will keep the Fed on a tightening path. Moreover, the deflation in core goods prices appears to have ended, as supply chains have normalized, and used car prices as measured by industry gauges climbed in February. A consensus-matching core CPI reading will likely be good enough to keep the Fed on track for a 25 bps hike this month.”
+==== CitiBank ====
+“We expect a softer 0.4% MoM increase in headline CPI due to a retracement of utility gas prices in line with falling natural gas prices. Details should reveal continued strength in key services prices, although starting with February data could be the start of an expected slowing in shelter prices which comprise close to 40% of core CPI. Other non-shelter services should be strong overall, although with a continued drag from the medical insurance component in CPI which notably will not be included in PCE inflation. Prices for medical services themselves, however should remain strong, as should prices for recreation services and transportation services, including a 1.5% MoM bounce back in airfares. Rather than services which should remain consistently strong, the pick-up in core CPI relative to the previous two months should come from goods prices. Most notably, we expect recently rising wholesale measures of used car prices to start to feed through to stronger car prices in CPI.”
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