
The age of greedflation
How corporate profiteering is making us poorer.
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How corporate profiteering is making us poorer.
ByInflation has fallen to 8.7 per cent, but prices – especially food – are still rising dangerously.
ByA fifth of the UK is going hungry. Yet this is a crisis the political class seems unable to grasp.
ByFor two decades, leaseholders are said to have been overpaying by up to £500m a year
ByAs the Bank of England tries to fight inflation, commercial banks are enjoying bumper profits.
ByLabour and the Conservatives promise high economic growth but have no plans equal to the scale of the task.
ByThe furore over the chief economist’s comments suggests the Bank of England should be more open about the causes of…
ByDid the IMF really predict the return of zero rates, or has it been misread?
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