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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

High UK inflation could last for ‘years rather than months’, warns economist

A view of the Royal Exchange building and Bank of England, Threadneedle Street
Threadneedle Street raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to a 13-year high of 1% last week. Photograph: Thomas Krych/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The squeeze on British households from high inflation could be bigger and last longer than expected, amid a series of economic shocks from Brexit, Covid and Russia’s war in Ukraine, economists have warned.

Michael Saunders, a member of the Bank of England’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC), said inflation was “uncomfortably high” as households come under pressure from soaring energy, food and fuel bills.

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