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Why a new eurozone crisis now looks a distinct possibility

The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed speculation that it will become the latest central bank to start raising headline interest rates to try to ward off inflation. The bank is to raise rates by 0.25 points to 0.25% for lending and -0.25% for deposits, with plans for another rise…

The Conversation

Boris Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if pay packets rise with inflation

The Prime Minister set out plans to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants in a speech as he tried to get his premiership on track

Evening Standard

European Central Bank to raise interest rates for first time since 2011

Base rate to rise by 0.25% and quantitative easing to stop in July after ECB warns about inflation

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UK's Johnson: higher public spending and wages risk fanning inflation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that the surge in inflation meant the government could not simply spend more to support people through the cost-of-living crisis, and to increase wages sharply would risk fuelling further price rises.

Reuters

Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if pay packets rise with inflation

The Prime Minister set out plans to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants in a speech as he tried to get his premiership on track.

The Independent UK

DWP 'disagrees' with more than 12,000 people calling for benefits to increase in-line with current inflation rate

Benefits increased by 3.1% in April when inflation was at 6.2%.

Daily Record

More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment remains at a five-decade low

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ECB says it will raise interest rates for the first time in a decade next month

The European Central Bank (ECB) is to end a decade of zero or negative interest rates next month when it will raise the cost of borrowing by 0.25 per cent.

Evening Standard

Cost-of-living crisis another case of runaway inflation

Both a full-blown cost-of-living crisis and a related but independent energy crisis have broken out in the past month, as Labor takes the government reins.

The New Daily

UK shoppers cutting back even on essentials, warns Poundland owner

Pepco says ‘acute spike in inflation’ and lack of wage rises forcing consumers to spend less

The Guardian - UK

Will RBI's rate hike really tame inflation?

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy rates by 50 basis points (bps) on June 8, following the inter-meeting hike of 40bps in May. This has brought the repo rate to 4.90%. The back-to-back hikes signal that inflation has been reinstated as…

The Times of India

Europe's 1st rate hike in 11 years looms amid high inflation

It's decision time again for the European Central Bank

The Independent UK

Commentary: A better, fairer way to handle student loans

President Joe Biden is set to “forgive” $10,000 worth of student loan debt per borrower, for a total of $360 billion in loan elimination. This may sound like a neat and easy solution, but the direct result will be to increase inflation, drive college costs even higher, and place lower-cost…

Tribune News Service

Goldman, Nomura see Thailand embarking on rate-hike cycle

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is set to raise rates from August to quell persistently high inflation, according to analysts, ending a three-year long easy monetary policy stance to shield the Covid-19 pandemic-hit economy.

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Bristol Post

Russia is only country set for worse economic growth than UK

Inflation in UK is also set to hit 10 per cent according to several reports

The Guardian - UK

Cost of filling petrol car hits £100 in ‘truly dark day’ for drivers; ECB plans July rate rise – as it happened

UK fuel prices keep climbing and European Central Bank signals end of ultra-loose monetary policy

The Independent UK

Snoop Dogg has given his full-time blunt roller a pay rise due to inflation

‘Inflation. Their salary went up!’ rapper wrote

The Independent UK

Asian shares fall as oil lingers above $120, yen sinks

Shares are mostly lower in Asia as investors watch for fresh signs of inflation

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With Inflation on Rise, ECB Readies Tougher Action

The European Central Bank is set to announce the end date to its bond-buying stimulus on Thursday, as concerns over the accelerating pace of inflation in the eurozone grip policymakers. The stop is a prelude to the ECB hiking rates for the first time in over a decade in the…

ABC News

Price spikes continue, with oil up and OECD forecasting highest inflation since 1988

Markets globally are in the red as the world faces continuing inflation and the likelihood it will be tackled with rising interest rates. The ASX finishes down again.

Bangkok Post

Inflation fuels fears of foreign exit

Securities analysts expect foreign funds to exit the Thai stock market after inflation jumped to a 13-year high of 7.1% in May, with the Bank of Thailand having to deal with rising prices, potential interest rate hikes and an economic slowdown.

Wales Online

Economic growth set to 'grind to a halt'

Warning of inflation reaching 10% in final quarter of year

The Guardian - UK

UK economy ‘will grind to a halt’ and then shrink, BCC forecasts

Business group downgrades its outlook for growth next year to 0.6% as inflation soars

France 24

OECD details 'hefty price' of Ukraine war on global economy

Russia's war in Ukraine is derailing the global economy's recovery from the pandemic. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the latest to slash its forecast for economic growth, warning of high inflation and a possible food crisis. Also in the show: India's central bank raises interest rates…

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'Shrinkflation' accelerates globally as manufacturers quietly shrink package sizes

Shrinkflation isn't new, experts say. But it proliferates in times of high inflation as companies grapple with rising costs for ingredients, packaging, labor and transportation.

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