Globalization previously made it easier for major central banks to pursue and maintain low inflation.
The World Trade Organization's 12th Ministerial Conference. 14th June, 2022. Credit: WTO/Jessica Genoud via Flickr
The return of high inflation in many developed economies seems to have surprised central banks and has quickly become people’s leading economic worry. While monetary tightening is necessary, the role of structural factors warrants attention, too. Specifically, besides pandemic-related supply-chain disruptions and the energy and food-price shocks amplified by the Ukraine war, policymakers must also acknowledge more explicitly the inflationary consequences of deglobalization.
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