UH OH: “Europe’s economies show signs of slowing significantly even as inflation rates rise, introducing the word ‘stagflation’ into the scenarios that some economists are sketching out for 2008.” Given that the United States’ economy is clearly slowing, if not clearly in recession, we need stronger growth elsewhere to help mitigate the effects. I doubt we’ll see that, though.
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