IMF Warns Of Elevated Prices In Emerging And Developing Countries To Stay Through 2022

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath this week warned that the emerging and developing markets would see continuously elevated prices into next year, stoked by the persistently higher food prices and weaker domestic currencies.

The global economies across advanced, emerging and developing markets, have seen rising consumer and supplier prices since the reopening of their economies after the worst of the pandemic, due to the strains on the supply chains, triggered by the pent-up demand and the disruptions caused by the virus-related restrictions.

Unrestrained fiscal and monetary stimuli are also adding to the price pressures, as evidence that have begun to appear now, suggests.

While Gopinath broadly expects the recent spurt in inflation in advanced economies could subside towards early next year, albeit with exceptions, emerging and developing markets could experience inflation for a slightly longer period, running into 2022.