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Oil price falls won’t let high inflation EMs off the hook

Although the recent drop in oil prices will continue to exert downward pressure on inflation in most parts of the emerging world, it won’t provide a lasting solution for the economies with high, deeply embedded inflation problems. As a result, policymakers in the likes of Brazil, Russia, Turkey and South Africa will have to keep monetary policy tight for the foreseeable future.


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