Questions relevant. Today one of the most vexing questions for people who participant in markets, but thats a different part of the world, is that inflation has refused to rise, much less persist, at the 2 targets. Key question is, why . While history will be the judge once the data has been interrogated, we dont have time for that, because todays policymakers and investors need to act and to do so require at least a rudimentary answer to this puzzle. Today we have gathered some of the leading experts in the world. Inflation didnt fall as much during the Great Recession as the models anticipated and hasnt risen as much lately. Is it dead or just dormant or has the death been much exaggerated. In my experience, wiped capitulation is the first sign of the bottom. Thats kind of where we are right now. Has Monetary Policy been so well anchored. Have globalization and Technology Made raising prizes difficult . Has the economy evolved in ways the models simply havent been incorporated . And