The policy paradox: conditions increasing for policy mistakes

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2021 brought the recovery many had hoped for. Businesses reopened, commuters returned to their desks, and the bravest of us even went on holiday. But no one could describe it as ‘getting back to normal’ amid rocketing energy prices, high debt levels, and past-the-peak growth, writes Andrew McCaffery, global CIO at Fidelity International.

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