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Are governments doing enough to fight inflation?

Asia News Network writers discuss various policies governments have employed to combat inflation. Here are excerpts.

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The Korea Herald, South Korea

President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday admitted that there are few fundamental solutions to the current economic challenges as countries across the world are raising interest rates to rein in rising inflation.

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