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Is a recession necessary to bring down inflation?

Provided that supply-related price rises ease, we think that it is possible in theory for central banks to bring inflation down from its current high rates without engineering a recession. However, the difficulty of fine-tuning policy suggests they may inadvertently create a recession. Moreover, if high inflation has become more engrained than we think, then a Volcker-shock style recession probably will be required.

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