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A perfect inflationary storm – like the 1970s
Humiliating defeat, fading productivity and supply side shocks – half a century later, all the signs of inflationary boil over are there.
Kenneth RogoffColumnistWith the United States’ disastrous exit from Afghanistan, the parallels between the 2020s and the 1970s just keep growing.
Has a sustained period of high inflation just become much more likely? Until recently, I would have said the odds were clearly against it. Now, I am not so sure, especially looking ahead a few years.
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