Inflation worries increase by half internet users

Recent natural disasters have added new pressure to prices.　　Yesterday, the Tianfu Morning Post united Tencent Big net on "natural disasters will become a new impetus to the CPI Rise" survey showed that about 50% of the respondents that the next CPI will continue to move higher, the central bank should raise interest rate to control inflation.　　3% regulatory targets there are pressure surveys show that 84.34% of people polled on the Internet believe that the natural disasters that are frequent this summer are pressure on price levels in the second half of the year, with 57.5% thinking the biggest increase in food prices in the second half. Natural disasters, such as floods and mudslides, have left participants with a pessimistic view of the CPI in the year 3%, with 48.95% of respondents finding it difficult to achieve the 3% regulatory goals of the year. "The second half of the overall level of price increase for the big probability event, 3% of the regulatory objectives to achieve pressure."　　Churk, a professor of economics at the Southwestern University of Finance and economy, said the weather anomaly had a greater impact on food and energy products, the supply and demand of two products, or the overall level of prices in the second half of the year.　　Raising interest rates is the "double-edged sword" in this survey, 48.04% of respondents believe that the central bank in the second half may use interest rate measures to regulate inflation. In this respect, Churk said that the central bank is currently in the dilemma of whether to raise interest rates, interest rate hike is "double-edged sword", although to alleviate inflation expectations have a certain effect, but the interest rate hike is bad news for many small and medium-sized enterprises, or drag down the enterprise upgrading and economic restructuring, so in his view, "the second half of the possibility of tightening policy is not." Zoshore, chief economist at Galaxy Securities, also said the central bank had used all the quantitative tools to manage inflation expectations this year, so raising interest rates was not the main tone of monetary policy in the second half. Morning News reporter Wang Nan