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Jul 2024
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The world’s major central banks are considering interest rate cuts or even pushing ahead with them. But is the inflation battle really over? Host Carmel Crimmins and Agustin Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, look at the challenges ahead for central bankers as political uncertainty and debt burdens mount. Plus, why “transitory” became a permanent “no no” at the Fed.


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