In an impressive turnaround, the Czech Republic’s consumer price index has sunk from a hefty 17.5% in February of last year to 2%—the Czech National Bank’s target—in June of this year. It’s the biggest percentage drop in inflation in the developed world since the beginning of 2013. Since assuming office at the peak of the republic’s inflation crisis in 2022, CNB Governor Aleš Michl has been implementing a unique and rather unorthodox strategy to combat price hikes. First, he put a damper on

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