Inflation in Morocco will surge to 4.7 percent this year while growth almost flatlines, the central bank said Tuesday, amid price hikes partly fuelled by the war in Ukraine. “Inflation will continue the acceleration that began in 2021, fuelled by external pressures linked to the spike in energy and food products and high inflation affecting (Morocco’s) main economic partners,” the board of Bank Al-Maghrib said in a statement. This is up from just 1.4 percent inflation in 2021, and will only dip back below two percent in 2023, the central bank forecast. The economy is set to grow at just 0.7 pe…