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A whiff of stagflation

Supply shortages will ease only gradually over the next couple of years, putting sustained upward pressure on core inflation and constraining real activity. We expect core inflation to remain above 3% for the remainder of this year, with only a modest drop back next year. We anticipate that real GDP growth will be a below-consensus 6.0% in 2021 and 3.5% in 2022. (Pages 3 & 4.)

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