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What’s worse, inflation or a recession?
We might have to pick our poison.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
We might have to pick our poison.
ByOnly the government can administer the required medicine of subsidies and price controls.
ByThe standard monthly welfare payment is now £52 lower in real terms than in 2010.
ByIt is not the job of central bankers to bail out a reckless government.
ByThe slide in sterling indicates that traders are cynical about Liz Truss’s big gamble on growth.
ByBritain does not want the fever of inflation – but it is unprepared for the cure.
ByThe extra bank holiday for the Queen's funeral could cost the British economy £2bn.
ByInflation has hit double figures for the first time in 40 years, while the economy is shrinking.
ByFresh produce increased in cost by 10.5 per cent in the 12 months up to August.
ByA financial crisis is coming and Liz Truss has the air of a gambler who bets the lot at the…
ByRecord inflation for milk and other essentials demands immediate action, but Britain’s food security needs more than a quick-fix.
ByInflation is now predicted to rise above 18 per cent, despite six consecutive rate rises by the Bank of England.…
ByPrices are rising faster for items aimed at women, who tend to be poorer already.
ByBritain is the only major Western economy in which inflation has hit double digits.
ByAn extra £8.3bn will now be needed to maintain current public service spending levels.
ByPay growth at the top has reached 11 per cent while the bottom tenth of earners have seen their wages…
ByThe power politicians and the Bank of England have to bring down inflation is sadly very limited.
ByHigher inflation cancels out offers for nurses, doctors, teachers and dentists.
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BySince 2008, politicians and bankers have kept recession at bay by pretending it wasn’t happening. That strategy is beginning to…
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