Economics for everybody : The return of inflation by Tobias Broer

In this editorial, Tobias Broer asks three questions: Why has inflation recently increased? How does this surge in inflation affect households and firms? And what can, and should, policymakers do about it?

Published on 09/20/2022 00:02

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Tobias Broer
PSE Chair Professor and Chair holder of the International Macroeconomics Chair
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Tobias Broer is professor at the Paris School of Economics and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is also associate professor at the Institute of International Economic Studies, Stockholm University and affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He holds the International Macroeconomics Chair at the Paris School of Economics.

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