Threats to central bank independence in the emerging world are, thankfully, rare at the moment (Indonesia is one current point of concern though). However, efforts to undermine independence would probably have bigger negative repercussions in emerging economies than in developed economies. And one key lesson from recent history in the EM world is that, once inflation is high, bringing it back down takes a long period of tight policy.
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