Overview

• LCG estimates food and beverages up 2.3% over the last four weeks, while Econoviews puts the rise at 2.4%.
• LCG reports a 1.4% weekly jump in early October led by vegetables (+3.8%) and beverages (+2.7%), noting about 80% of products showed no price change.
• Econoviews finds a milder 0.5% weekly increase, with meats (+1.5%) and vegetables (+0.9%) driving the advance.
• Over the past four weeks, the biggest movers were fruits (+6%), sugar (+5.1%), breads and pastas (+4.9%), and dairy and eggs (+4.6%), while vegetables fell 1.6%.
• The IET-UMET index shows worker inflation at 2.2% in September, the highest since April.