What does the UK’s financial crisis mean for your pension?
Pension funds have been affected by the turmoil in gilt markets, but individual savers shouldn’t be too worried.
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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.
Zombie capitalism is unravelling
This crisis is a symptom of a broken model that relied on ultra-low rates to compensate for anaemic growth.
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Has the Bank of England lost control?
If investors believe the Bank is no longer able to control monetary policy, the UK’s economic crisis will deepen.
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Labour shouldn’t celebrate the Tories’ economic failures
If Keir Starmer wins the next election turmoil could ruin the ambitions he is setting out at his party conference.
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The UK is heading for an economic calamity
Kwasi Kwarteng’s reckless Budget is set to trigger a surge in interest rates that will hurt households when they can…
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan for growth was a bad idea 50 years ago
Anthony Barber thought he could make huge tax cuts without encouraging inflation. He was proved wrong.
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Inflation may have fallen, but the cost-of-living crisis is far from over
Prices are still rising at nearly the highest rate for 40 years and far outstripping wage growth.
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The government ignores striking dockers at its peril
Strikes at container ports such as Felixstowe have a unique effect on inflation in the UK.
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