I consider that the recent rise is actually attributable to the fact that households have more readily accepted price rises on the back of moderate improvement in the employment and income situation as well as the decline in energy prices, and firms accordingly have taken a somewhat aggressive stance of setting higher prices.
Yet, it is uncertain whether or not households will continue to accept price rises if the effects of the decline in energy prices dissipate. Moreover, if no further depreciation of the yen is expected, it is likely that prices of food products and durable goods will stop rising.