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BIS urges decisive wave of interest rate increases to halt inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mac Jones
Reuters
Sunday, June 26, 2022

LONDON -- The central bank umbrella body, the Bank for International Settlements, has called for interest rates to be raised "quickly and decisively" to prevent the surge in inflation turning into something even more problematic.

The Swiss-based BIS has held its annual meeting in recent days, where top central bankers met to discuss their current difficulties and one of the most turbulent starts to a year ever for global financial markets.

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Surging energy and food prices mean inflation in many places is now its hottest in decades. But the usual remedy of ramping up interest rates is raising the spectre of recession, and even of the dreaded 1970s-style "stagflation," where rising prices are coupled with low or negative economic growth.

"The key for central banks is to act quickly and decisively before inflation becomes entrenched," Agustín Carstens, BIS general manager, said as part of the body's post-meeting annual report published today. ...

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https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/global-markets-bis-report-pix-2022-06-26/

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