Economics

German Minister Flags Stagflation Risk as Ukraine Strains Build

  • More serious stability crisis must be prevented, Lindner says
  • Lindner stresses need to keep pressure on Russia “war chest”

Alexanderplatz in central Berlin.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner highlighted the risk of stagflation as the country faces up to the economic perils posed by the conflict in Ukraine.