The UK’s mortgage time bomb is ticking louder than ever
By the next election, housing will represent either a higher long-term cost or a damaged investment for almost everyone in…
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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.
Welcome to the cost-of-adaptation crisis
Climate change is disrupting the food systems we rely on – and the free market offers no solutions.
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The age of greedflation
How corporate profiteering is making us poorer.
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Rebuilding industry is a mistake. The West should focus on economic alliances instead
Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is laudable, but decades of decline cannot be reversed in a single presidential term.
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Rishi Sunak pledge tracker: Are the PM’s promises being fulfilled?
As inflation falls to 8.7 per cent, we look at whether Rishi Sunak is any closer to delivering on the…
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We’re getting poorer at a slightly slower rate than last month
Inflation has fallen to 8.7 per cent, but prices – especially food – are still rising dangerously.
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The scourge of greedflation
A fifth of the UK is going hungry. Yet this is a crisis the political class seems unable to grasp.
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Chancellor’s adviser says Tories and Labour “lack boldness” on spending
Andy Haldane would “press pause” on interest rates and stop telling workers not to demand pay rises.
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