I got a little obsessed today with the prospects of inflation – I guess it’s all the deficit talk out there. But good central banking has brought the number of countries with 20%+ inflation rates from 27 in 1982 down to just 18 in 2008.
I guess my question is: is the global inflation moderation to continue? According to the IMF, the answer is yes (at least through 2011).
Edward Hugh
Don't Shoot the Messenger
Edward is a macro economist, who specializes in growth and productivity theory, demographic processes and their impact on macro performance, and the underlying dynamics of migration flows. Edward is based in Barcelona, and is currently engaged in research on aging, longevity, fertility and migration, and the impact of all of these on economic growth. He is currently working on a book "Population, The Ultimate Non-renewable Resource?" He is a regular contributor to a number of economics weblogs, including India Economy Blog, A Fistful of Euros, Global Economy Matters and Demography Matters. He was, in fact, a founding member of all these weblogs. Edward follows in detail the Indian, Italian, Spanish, German and Japanese economies. He has a more than a passing interest in the economies of Turkey and Brazil and in the emerging economies of Eastern Europe.
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