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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

Ever higher interest rates won’t solve the problem of greedflation

Close up of pears and apples on a supermarket shelf
Tesco and Sainsbury’s operating profit margins in 2022 were the highest in eight years. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Greedflation will probably prove to be a brief moment in history – two years, possibly three, when corporations jacked up prices above and beyond the extra costs they faced, while most people were more concerned with the pandemic and later the Ukraine war.

Brief it may be, but history won’t be kind if we ignore the importance of greedflation, as most economists and policymakers have done so far.

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