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Investors fear inflation is coming back. They may be right

After peaking in 2022 at 11% year on year, inflation across the rich world has steadily fallen. Until now. As central banks bring down interest rates, headline inflation across the rich world is edging up (see chart 1 ). It rose from 2.1% in September to 2.5% in December.

Source: Finance - economist.com

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