“It is highly likely that major central banks will move into a rate hike cycle.

And in December, of course, we saw that the Bank of England was one of the first to start this process.

So I fully expect global central banks to continue this trend, especially as the energy component of prices seems to continue to rise, "Jacobsen said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

A possible tightening of monetary policy is associated with the persistent nature of global inflation, he said.

Earlier, the United States Federal Reserve System presented a forecast for the country's gross domestic product for 2022.

The forecast for US GDP growth for 2022 is 4%.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell also talked about taking into account the influence of the omicron strain of coronavirus when making the regulator's forecasts.