UP 269: The energy price shock is forcing a fiscal response

Econoday Unplugged

Sep 6, 202246:59Business

The impact of surging energy prices on monetary policy has been apparent for some while now but as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies, the real economy fallout is increasingly forcing governments to intervene with fis...

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