Impact of Prolonged Price Stability
For several decades leading up to the recent global inflation surge, high-income nations experienced a prolonged period of low and stable price increases. Explain how this long-term stability likely shaped the financial planning and expectations of a typical household or business, and why the sudden return of high inflation would be particularly challenging for them.
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