Since the summer of 2021, inflation rates have climbed nearly everywhere, leading to debates about the speed with which central banks should disinflate their economies. This column collects views from a global survey of researchers in economics and finance on issues of monetary policy – including the preferred pace of disinflation – and finds that the median euro area respondent prefers a slower speed of disinflation than their US counterpart. Regarding the risks to inflation and monetary policy, very few respondents in the December 2022 survey flagged risks to the banking sector.