The Economist says inflation could be on the verge of a comeback.
Some economists reckon a sustained rise in inflation is overdue. Most of the rich world is out of recession, emerging markets seem to have put the worst of their commodity bust behind them, and in a few places, like America, low unemployment has at last given way to accelerating wage growth. It is possible, some suppose, that the weak growth and sustained disinflation of the past half-decade has blinded markets and policy-makers to the potential for a sharp swing in the other direction, toward uncomfortably high inflation.
The rest of the article goes on to poo-poo the idea that inflation may be on the verge of a comeback. But we’ll see.