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Wage-Price Spiral Risks Still Contained, Latest Data Suggests

February 24, 2023

Jorge Alvarez, Niels-Jakob Hansen

Wage gains remain broadly in line with past episodes, which didn’t tend to lead to sustained wage-price acceleration

How Fiscal Restraint Can Help Fight Inflation

November 21, 2022

Tobias Adrian, Vitor Gaspar

Fiscal policy can ease the task of monetary policy in reducing inflation while mitigating risks to financial stability

Africa’s Inflation Among Region’s Most Urgent Challenges

October 20, 2022

Marijn Bolhuis, Peter Kovacs

Tackling inflation while supporting growth and protecting the vulnerable warrants careful and vigilant monetary policy tightening

Wage-Price Spiral Risks Appear Contained Despite High Inflation

October 5, 2022

John Bluedorn

Analysis suggests a sustained acceleration of wages and prices is unlikely

Africa Food Prices Are Soaring Amid High Import Reliance

September 27, 2022

Cedric Okou, John Spray, D. Filiz Unsal

Factors include the region’s heavy reliance on food imports and changes in food consumption and incomes.

How Food and Energy are Driving the Global Inflation Surge

September 12, 2022

Philip Barrett

Rapid increases in food prices have been one of the main drivers of quickening inflation around the world, as our Chart of the Week shows.

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