Economics

German Inflation Hysteria Mysteriously Missing Before Vote

  • Climate change, infrastructure, rents are bigger vote issues
  • ‘It’s surprisingly quiet’ about inflation, Fichtner says
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg
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Germany’s sudden spike in pandemic-induced inflation is prompting a noticeably less hysterical response than the country is used to.