Global Stagflation a Risk Warns Australian Finance Minister

Global Stagflation a Risk Warns Australian Finance Minister
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Treasurer Jim Chalmers during a doorstop at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 11, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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Australian Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has warned that Australia and the world are facing the risk of global stagnation and high inflation, a situation known as stagflation.

In its latest annual report, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), also known as the central bank of central banks, said the world’s economic developments in the past year were shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
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