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  • Inflation fears: why the 2022 spike didn’t break our trust in the future

    Prices & interest rates

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    18th June 2026

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    Raffaella Giacomini

    Jason Lu

    In the wake of soaring prices in 2022, people’s long-term expectations for future inflation rose sharply. This jump was mostly caused by the sheer size of the surprise, not by a belief that rising prices were here to stay. In contrast with the 1980s, today’s inflation expectations remain anchored.

    Inflation fears: why the 2022 spike didn’t break our trust in the future

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