The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt’s big freeze as tax hiked by £24billion

£30billion spending cuts but extra help for hospitals, schools and poorest

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022

Jeremy Hunt announces minimum wage will rise by just 92p - as inflation soars

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his Autumn budget this morning that the national minimum wage will go up from April 2023 - taking the new hourly rate up to £10.42

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Autumn Statement: Pensions and benefits to rise as payments to go up by 10.1%

The Chancellor has listened to opposition MPs and anti-poverty campaigners by agreeing to raise benefits in line with inflation.

Daily Record · Nov 17, 2022

More people to pay higher rate of tax as inflation projected to fall in 2023

The Chancellor said inflation was predicted to fall next year

Wales Online · Nov 17, 2022

Sports construction rolls right through economic uncertainty

With the galloping horses long gone, the Chicago Bears see 326 acres of opportunity at the shuttered Arlington International Racecourse

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Petrol price hike warning amid fears Autumn Budget will 'tamper with' fuel costs

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is being urged not to increase the price of petrol.

Daily Record · Nov 17, 2022

Dallas Fed: A bursting housing market bubble could once again plunge us into recession if policymakers aren’t careful

"The possibility of a sharp price correction leading to an economic contraction would further complicate Federal Reserve inflation-fighting efforts" writes the Dallas Fed.

Fortune · Nov 17, 2022

How do interest rates affect inflation? - OLD

Borrowing costs at their highest level in 14 years

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Cost of living crisis wipes out council's 'enviable' surplus

Cabinet member said the council had done "everything it can" amid inflation, energy and price rises

Liverpool Echo · Nov 17, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: 'Moderates' like Mitt Romney are threatening Social Security. Democrats don't have to let them

You may have thought that the drubbing Republicans received in the recent election would have prompted party leaders to think more warily about promoting policies that nauseate the voting public.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022