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Investors should still fear a hard landing

After Jackson Hole, equity markets might be finally waking up to the long and complex challenge the Fed and other central banks face to tame inflation. 

At a national park in Wyoming, the chairman of the Federal Reserve declares he will cause “some pain to households and businesses” to bring inflation back under control.

With war still raging in Eastern Europe, Britain’s energy regulator raises annual household energy bills to £3549 ($6051), up 80 per cent on six months ago and treble the cap set a year prior.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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