Inflation fall driven by policy not globalisation

Globalisation is not the main factor in dampening inflationary pressures, as commonly suggested, argued Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.

"Advances in monetary policy, especially the anchoring of inflation expectations, in my view have been the main driving forces for globally declining inflation rates over the past decade," said Weber.

Weber warned that weaker growth prospects do not pose sufficient reason to expect a fall in inflation in the foreseeable future. "Given our [the

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