 I do wish this was the year we could stop talking and worrying about inflation. We certainly got really sick of it last year. We saw central banks across the world hiking rates to try and get rampant price rises under control. But it's still important, it's still around, and we need to keep a close eye on it, especially in countries like the US and the UK, where the markets seem to be pricing in faster and deeper cuts to interest rates than the Fed and the Bank of England has perhaps signalled. So the question is, what might happen to investor sentiment if those expected cuts don't happen, or if the central banks feel like they have to take action to limit further inflation? I'm very sure I'm not the only market watcher hoping that I don't have to find out.