We analyze the evolution and drivers of inflation during the pandemic and the likely trajectory of inflation in the … near-term using an event study of inflation around global recessions and a factor-augmented vector auto-regression (FAVAR …) model. We report three main results. First, the decline in global inflation during the 2020 global recession was the most …

structural polices for an older, indebted and more fragmented world. …, the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, the Great Inflation, the Latin American hyperinflation(s), the Great Moderation … until the highest global inflation spike in two generations which started in 2021. The book covers these dynamics in …

pt. 1. Inflation and welfare -- pt. 2. Money demand and velocity -- pt. 3. Inflation and growth -- pt. 4. Monetary …