SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 08 (IPS) – Calls, even screams, to fight inflation above all else are getting shriller. Thankfully, even The Economist (5 Feb. 2022) reminds all, Fighting inflation could put the world in a slump.
No inflation consensus
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva doubts the world faces a runaway inflation threat. She urges policymakers to carefully calibrate fiscal and monetary policies, with more “specificity”, as not ‘one size fits all’.
Read the full story, “Resist Inflation Phobia Coup”, on globalissues.org →
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy 
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo 
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects