Inflation Q&A - should we be worried about higher inflation?

The attached note takes a look at current concerns about rising inflation. The key points are as follows:  

  • Inflation will likely rise further in the months ahead due to base effects, bottlenecks & reopening but it’s likely to fall back again from later this year as these drivers fade.

  • Shares face short-term correction risks but as inflation settles the broad trend is likely to remain up.

Viewed in a very long-term context, we are likely now going through the bottoming of the 40-year decline in inflation that’s been in place since the early 1980s.

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