Episode 131 of Down to Business podcast
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Pictures of port congestion have been all over the news along with articles about supply chain disruptions. At the gas pump, in grocery stores and many other places, prices have been rising.
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Until recently, however, most economists said inflation would be transitory, but now they’re saying prices may well continue to rise through 2022.
This week on Down To Business, Sohaib Shahid, director of economic innovation at the Conference Board of Canada, explains what’s causing inflation to rise to its highest point in three decades and why it’s not “transitory.”
He predicted that people would feel the bite of rising prices a lot more in 2022, and also discussed what is likely to happen with interest rates, deglobalization and much more.
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