World aggregate annual percentage change in average consumer prices, as compiled by the IMF World Economic Outlook. A core cost-of-living welfare indicator: high inflation erodes real wages and savings, hitting low-income households hardest. Moderate, stable inflation near 2% is generally treated as healthy by central banks; the 2022 spike to ~8.7% was the highest global reading in decades.
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Tighter monetary policy can reduce aggregate demand and price pressure through interest-rate, credit, exchange-rate, balance-sheet, and expectations channels. The sign is weakening for inflation, but the lag and magnitude vary, especially when inflation is driven by supply shocks.
World aggregate annual percentage change in average consumer prices, as compiled by the IMF World Economic Outlook. A core cost-of-living welfare indicator: high inflation erodes real wages and savings, hitting low-income households hardest. Moderate, stable inflation near 2% is generally treated as healthy by central banks; the 2022 spike to ~8.7% was the highest global reading in decades.
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