Wage-Price Spiral Proves Central Banks Mistake

Wage-Price Spiral Proves Central Banks Mistake
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Law Ka-chung
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As U.S. inflation has peaked and edged down slowly, those in Europe are following suit. Yet central banks dare not abruptly stop their tightening despite the highly reliable yield curve inverting deeply (near 100 basis points), showing a strong signal of recession ahead. Even though they know policy takes time to be effective where a stop now would still have a momentum (residual) effect for a few more quarters, they are willing to run a high risk of overdoing it by creating a recession or, more concretely, deepening or worsening it.

Law Ka-chung
Law Ka-chung
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Law Ka-chung is a commentator on global macroeconomics and markets. He has been writing numerous newspaper and magazine columns and talking about markets on various TV, radio, and online channels in Hong Kong since 2005. He covers all types of economics and finance topics in the United States, Europe, and Asia, ranging from macroeconomic theories to market outlook for equities, currencies, rates, yields, and commodities. He has been the chief economist and strategist at a Hong Kong branch of the fifth-largest Chinese bank for more than 12 years. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, MSc in Mathematics, and MSc in Astrophysics.
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