• Supply chain woes from Covid and energy may spark ’70s-style inflation, economist Stephen Roach warns

    1 Oct 2021 | Economic News
  

Supply chain woes from Covid and energy may spark ’70s-style inflation, economist Stephen Roach warns

Economist Stephen Roach is warning that the U.S. may be on a collision course with 1970s-type inflation.




The former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman is worried that the impact of energy price spikes on China’s struggling supply chain will be the tipping point.
 

Crude oil topped $80 a barrel this week for the first time since 2018 before settling to the mid-$70s. 

 

‘One supply chain glitch away from stagflation’

Stagflation refers to pressures that push prices higher during periods of slowing growth.

 

Reference: CNBC



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