As global dealmaking activity picks up in 2024, companies are focusing on the Federal Reserve's interest rate strategy to determine whether it is a good backdrop for the M&A environment. Infrastructure Capital Advisors CEO Jay Hatfield joins Yahoo Finance Live to talk about his inflation outlook across global central banks' rate playbooks going forward this year. "The eurozone doesn't have any strange ways of calculating inflation. They just have much more straightforward methodology, they don't have this strange financial services element and their inflation is going to go sub-2 almost certainly," Hatfield explains. "They're rolling out these gigantic numbers, don't have distortions, they're entering into a pretty significant contraction — so that is deflationary." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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