Kristalina Georgieva warned of energy and inflation shocks. Oil could fall by 13% and LNG by 20%. The IMF and World Bank spring meetings begin next week.
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Context & Explainers
Inflation measures how much general prices rise over time, usually reported year‑on‑year to compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Portugal’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) estimated January inflation at 1.9% year‑on‑year, down 0.3 percentage points from December, which affects rents, wages and everyday purchasing power for residents.
