Inflation beyond forecasts
Most international analysts, economists, expert advisors around the world, did not expect that their initial forecasts for inflation will be of such duration, severity and immediate danger. The current rate will increase further, dragging prices along, preventing the much-desired growth that everyone longed after 2+ years of Covid-19 pandemic and shrinking global economic activity. Experts' forecasts expected early stabilization and a gradual decrease in prices. So what happened and the frenzied rally of a decades-long historic inflation continues? The continuous rise in inflation on a global level -now at an average of about 9%-, has not occurred since the early '80s. The cost is already heavily affecting national economies and global markets. It did not come as a surprise that central banks are determined to raise interest rates, after years of loose monetary policy. Τhe European Central Bank (ECB) has stopped bond purchases with what this signifies for countries retaining hi...