Grab your gold: inflation is coming

Inflation remains under control for now. But expect it to pick up both soon and sharply.

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The price of global traded goods has fallen by less than during the global crisis of 2008
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Inflation is coming and it will have “‘Made in Asia’ stamped all over it”, says Richard Cookson on Bloomberg. The continent’s economy is “humming”, driving a boom in the price of commodities such as copper. Expect inflation to “pick up both soon and sharply”.

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Alex is an investment writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2015. He has been the magazine’s markets editor since 2019. 

Alex has a passion for demystifying the often arcane world of finance for a general readership. While financial media tends to focus compulsively on the latest trend, the best opportunities can lie forgotten elsewhere. 

He is especially interested in European equities – where his fluent French helps him to cover the continent’s largest bourse – and emerging markets, where his experience living in Beijing, and conversational Chinese, prove useful. 

Hailing from Leeds, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester.