Mid-year review: no respite for consumers and businesses!
The year 2022 has so far unfolded in three stages. It started with a sense of déjà vu, with a major wave of Covid, strict sanitary measures, and the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Slowly, the measures faded away to give way to a full recovery of activities. Combined with various factors (war in Ukraine, containment in China, etc.), this recovery unfortunately contributed to a pronounced increase in inflation.