Does Europe's deflation forebode a Japan-style 'lost decade'?

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Inflation is Europe has become worryingly low, and the situation is reminiscent of Japan in the 1990s. Rathbones' Mona Shah explores whether the ECB's actions will be enough to prevent a downward spiral.

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