Tag Result: inflation

Second lockdown slows inflation to crawl
Covid-19 restrictions and the ‘Black Friday effect’ pushed the UK’s CPI inflation ra...

Inflation picks up to 0.7 per cent
Higher clothes and food costs have contributed to a larger than expected increase in the r...

Slower return to growth means more Bank of England stimulus coming – Maddox
The Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members voted unanimously to r...

Negative rates ‘on the table’ as base rate held and further £150bn injected into economy
The Bank of England has maintained its base rate at a historic low 0.1 per cent and announ...

Inflation tumbles to just 0.2 per cent as Eat Out To Help Out pushes prices down
The UK consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation plunged from one per cent in July ...

Inflation falls to four-year low as more QE likely
The UK inflation rate fell to 0.5 per cent in May – the lowest rate for four years – a...

Rate cut less likely as inflation reaches six-month high
Rising fuel prices helped drive UK inflation to a six-month high in January reducing the c...

Surprise inflation fall fuels prospect of base rate cut
UK inflation unexpectedly fell to a three-year low in December, putting the possibility of...

BoE expects interest rates to stay low for longer
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to k...

Inflation makes surprise rise to 2.1 per cent in July
The UK CPI rate rose to 2.1 per cent in July, according to the Office for National Statist...