The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

UK car sales jumped 23.5% in November despite 2023 recession looming – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as CBI warns UK faces recession and a lost decade without a government growth plan

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Morning Show: Modi’s unfailing electoral appeal, and AAP vs Congress

As Gujarat votes in the second phase of the assembly election, the Newslaundry election team discusses whether the BJP is poised to return to power. They explore why voters want to put their faith back in a party that’s been in power in Gujarat for over 25 years, PM Modi’s…

Newslaundry · Dec 5, 2022

Support for Jacinda Ardern and NZ Labour sinks to lowest since 2017, poll shows

Labour and Ardern were immensely popular during the pandemic but inflation and deepening social inequality has changed their fortunes

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2022

Labour calls for crackdown on rip-off UK Christmas broadband and mobile ads

Watchdog must stop misleading ads locking consumers into deals up to £240 more than thought, says opposition party

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Timetable of trouble: the wave of strikes set to hit the Tories this winter

Rampant inflation and government policy has brought matters to a head: so where is disruption going to hit and what are the unions asking for?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

This is how much Swansea's colourful Christmas parade cost

Swansea Council said it was lower than the bill for last year's when you factored in the high rate of inflation and that public feedback was positive

Wales Online · Dec 4, 2022

Army may be brought in to ease strike chaos, says Nadhim Zahawi

‘Our message to the unions is to say “this is not a time to strike, this is a time to try and negotiate”’

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2022

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: ‘Are we going to end up deepening the recession?’

In her first interview since joining the monetary policy committee, Britain’s newest interest-rate setter warns inflation is not the biggest threat to the economy – because ‘the slowdown is here’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022

The Inflation Shield?

The Producer Price Index shows that grocery stores appear to be shielding consumers from inflation, not hiking prices to gouge Americans.

Reason · Dec 3, 2022

French Authorities Chip in 111m Euros for 2024 Olympics

French authorities said Friday they will increase their contribution to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee (Cojo) by 111 million euros ($117m), AFP reported. National and local government were heeding a request from Cojo, which said on November 21 that they needed to lift their budget estimate 10…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 3, 2022