The Federal Reserve's aggressive campaign against high inflation dominated global financial markets this year. Starting this week, the action shifts to Europe, where inflation could prove stickier and harder to tame. That shift is likely to reverse some of the key market dynamics of 2022, most significantly a superstrong dollar.
At monetary-policy meetings this week, the Federal Reserve's key rate is expected to rise by 0.5 percentage point, the European Central Bank's by 0.5 to 0.75 point, and the Bank of England's by 0.5 point.
