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Central Banks Face Fresh Inflation Threat Amid Iran War

Officials setting interest rates for two thirds of the world economy hold monetary policy meetings this week.
Jerome Powell, Kazuo Ueda, Christine Lagarde, and Andrew BaileyPhotographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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I’m Jana Randow, a senior reporter in Frankfurt. Today we’re looking at this week’s central bank rate decisions. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

The world’s top central banks convene this week facing a renewed inflation threat from the war in Iran and the possibility that they’ll be forced to delay interest-rate cuts and in some cases consider hikes.