Economics

Slow-Motion Central Bankers Put Their Maestro Status on the Line

  • Fed, ECB want to tighten gradually even as inflation speeds up
  • Risk of killing jobs, recoveries weighs after low-growth 2010s
Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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The world’s most powerful central bankers sound like they’re in no rush to speed ahead on their new inflation-fighting path.