The inflation/growth stand off

Inflation and rising oil prices worries make for a precarious global outlook going forward

This week's Conjecture debate sees the panel discussing the global economic outlook, covering the rise of the East and the dwindling dominance of the US, with views on world markets going forward. This week's panellists are Julian Chillingworth, CIO at Rathbones Unit Trust Managers and Sunil Krishnan, financial markets economist at BlackRock Asset Managers. How much of a threat is the prospect of rising inflation at the moment? Julian Chillingworth (JC): Undoubtedly, and not surprisingly, people are worrying more and more about inflation. In terms of the global economy it is a threat....