All posts tagged Inflation

West Midland business leaders expressed relief at today’s announcement by the Office for National Statistics that inflation figures have dropped from 4.2 per cent in December to 3.6

Household are cut back on non-essential spending, according to the British Retail Consortium, as retailers see 0.6% lower trading than August last year.   The figures would be worse still

Rail travel costs are set to increase dramatically again next year, with the average regulated fare - which includes season tickets - going up 8 per cent. At 5

In an attempt to protect the delicate recovery of the UK economy, the Bank of England is set to shrink it’s forecasts once again, following America’s credit downgrade. In

Food prices have continued to surge, rising at the fastest rate for two years, following the fastest rise inflation for two and half years. Compared with last year

The Bank of England must keep the base rate at 0.5 per cent until at least the third quarter of 2011, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB),

China's boom continues as their quarterly growth figures have barely been affected by the world economic slump. Only 0.1 percent lower than the last quarter 2010, the first quarter

This weeks surprise fall in inflation to four per cent has been greeted with

The UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual rate of inflation has dropped to 4%, down from 4.4% in February. This unexpected fall was largely due to a record monthly