Stagflation ahoy

Negative growth in industrial output and near double-digit retail inflation, as revealed by the Government’s latest economic data, points to a phenomenon of stagnation coexisting with high inflation — or, quite simply, ‘stagflation’. For policymakers, it represents a nightmarish situation where use of conventional monetary tightening tools to fight inflation may only exacerbate an already serious economic slowdown.

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