Are zero interest rates coming back?
Did the IMF really predict the return of zero rates, or has it been misread?
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Inflation describes how much prices of goods and services are increasing (if they’re decreasing, this is known as deflation). In the UK the main measure of inflation is the Consumer Prices Index. The Office for National Statistics tracks the cost of living through the prices of items in a hypothetical “basket of goods” that includes everyday products and services. Here you can find all of our latest news, analysis and comment about inflation.
The dirty secret behind the cost-of-living crisis
It isn’t wage rises that are fuelling high inflation – it’s profiteering by large corporations.
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Britain’s rising inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed
Inflation has risen to 10.4 per cent, driven in part by corporate profit-seeking.
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Cost-of-Living Crisis: the search for solutions
Expert comment and analysis from Tulip Siddiq MP, Stella Creasy MP, Kevin Hollinrake MP and Joeli Brearley.
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Right or left? How we solve the cost-of-living crisis
Crippling inflation and the living standards squeeze are forcing politics and policy towards a crossroads.
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Interest rates have not peaked
Persistent core inflation and a recovering economy mean further hikes are likely.
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Fear grips the markets
After three US banks collapsed in a week, the global financial system is facing a new set of systemic risks.
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What is Jeremy Hunt doing to tackle the cost-of-living crisis?
As inflation rises once more, we summarise the measures announced in the Budget to help with rising prices.
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Public sector pay rises would not drive inflation, say leading economists
Christopher Pissarides, the Nobel prize-winning economist, says the government is misrepresenting the effects of pay rises.
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The Bank of Japan’s new governor has the hardest job in economics
Ueda Kazuo faces a more extreme version of the challenge facing the UK: the end of cheap money in a…
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The milkman on a mission
Simon Mellin, CEO of the Modern Milkman, says inflation has shown how poorly people understand the real cost of food.
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Why the economy is threatened by early retirees
Droves of over-50s leaving the workforce may have led to entrenched inflation and a lower tax take – ramping up…
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Who sets our interest rates – the Bank of England or the US Federal Reserve?
The UK is raising rates in line with America, but our economy seems headed in a different direction.
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Rishi Sunak’s inflation promise is absurd – and the electorate will not forgive him
It is a political error to target an aspect of the economy the government cannot control.
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The end of the housing delusion
Britain is finally realising that its obsession with home ownership is built on a false promise. Is it time to…
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Why the IMF sees Britain as the sick man of the global economy
The UK’s growth is forecast to fall behind every other major economy, including Russia.
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Where did America’s recession go?
Six months ago US business executives were warning of an approaching economic “hurricane”, but it has failed to materialise –…
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The story behind Labour’s “Reagan Question”
Does Britain work better today than it did 13 years ago? Labour thinks its future lies in the answer.
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The inflation crisis is stopping us from building new homes, says Peabody chief
Ian McDermott’s housing association has had to refocus resources on warm banks and other initiatives to alleviate tenants’ hardship.
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The business forecast for 2023: An inflation rollercoaster and Elon Musk’s Twitter break-up
Predictions for a bumpy year ahead from the New Statesman’s business editor.
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