2024-07-10
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The trajectory of inflation has not given central bankers much cause for celebration in recent years.
but at the European Central Bank's annual Jamboree in Sintra,
Portugal this week, a touch of self-congratulation has been in the air.
I know it sounds a little bit arrogant, confessed Christine Lagarde,
the ECB's president, on July 1st, but the unwinding of high inflation is remarkable.
We've made a lot of progress, said Jérôme Paule,
the chairman of America's Federal Reserve the next day.
Others agree central banks have risen to the challenge of high inflation commends the bank for international settlements.
The data do indeed merit some satisfaction.
After cumulative price increases between 2021 and 2023 of 15% in America and 18% in the eurozone,
annual inflation rates now stand at just 2.6% and 2.5% respectively.
yet the time for mutual backpatting may be brief.
Lower inflation, though welcome,
does not mean a return to the relatively stable economy that prevailed before the pandemic.
Several perils loom on the supply side, which could constrain growth and boost inflation,