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Scott Haslem

Rates should start dropping within a year even if inflation is sticky

Sticky inflation will potentially keep rates at between 2.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent.

After falling very nicely during the last few months of last year, progress on inflation in key economies has somewhat stalled, leading some experts to push expectations for rate cuts in Australia out to 2025.

In the US, underlying measures of inflation have shown some signs of re-accelerating, and it’s likely the US inflation print for February will disappoint too.

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Scott Haslem is chief investment officer at LGT Crestone.

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