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Inflation major cause of worry

Chris Panteli

21 June 2007 •

Institutional investors have become increasingly worried about inflationary pressures and are bracing themselves for higher long and short-term interest rates, research shows.

Merrill Lynch’s latest fund manager survey found 47pc of respondents now expected global core inflation to be higher one year from now. This figure has risen steadily from just 11pc in March. Som...

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