Last month, searches for the word "stagflation" hit "peak popularity" on Google trends, far exceeding its level during the global financial crisis in 2008.
A combination of the words "stagnation" and "inflation", it was something the world last experienced during the 1970s. After more than three decades of low inflation, we could be forgiven for thinking the term had gone extinct.
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