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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Crest Nicholson PLC
      Housebuilder Crest Nicholson warns about impact of inflation on sector

      UK group reports 60% drop in first-half profits after turmoil of last year’s mini-Budget

    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      UK employment
      UK wage growth accelerates despite cooling labour market

      Pay data bucks trend in US and eurozone, and highlights inflation challenge facing Bank of England

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      UK business & economy
      UK grocery spending soars as food prices rise

      Retail sector data points to reduction in discretionary purchases as consumers pay more for staples

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      UK business & economy
      UK corporate profitability stable despite ‘greedflation’ claims

      Official data for end of 2022 supports Bank of England findings that inflation is not being driven by higher profit margins

    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      UK shop price inflation rises to record high, industry data shows

      Food cost growth eases slightly as lower energy costs filter through supply chains

    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      MPs and retailers lambast UK plan to cap basic food prices

      Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      Helen Barnard
      Inflation is hitting society’s most vulnerable families hardest

      This cost of living crisis is not a sudden emergency, but the latest chapter in a longer-term story of rising poverty

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Hunt backs more UK interest rate rises despite recession risk

      Only Argentina and South Sudan experienced bigger increases in core inflation last month

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Personal Finance
      Car buyers: how to steer through the labyrinth of choice

      New vehicles rise in price as electric options become more popular

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      James Max
      Rich People’s Problems: Should I cut back on my holiday spending?

      Weigh up the rising cost of travel against priceless memories

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      The housing supply problem: Part I

      Australian government refers PwC tax leak scandal to police

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Jagjit Chadha
      The Bank of England needs to improve its communication on inflation

      It needs to spell out the interest rate trajectory required to manage different risks

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Gilt yields soar towards mini-Budget levels after inflation disappoints

      Despite fall to single figures, April’s consumer price inflation of 8.7% is significantly above BoE’s forecast

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Lidl pay boost underlines UK wage growth pressures

      Rising salaries could prolong the country’s bout of high inflation, warn economists

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Gilts
      Traders predict more trouble ahead for UK bond market

      Gilt yields rise after string of stronger than expected inflation data

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Is the UK once again the ‘sick man’ of Europe?

      Return of high inflation and slow growth draws comparisons with the 1970s — but economists say this time it is different

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      Pray for gilt traders

      Nightmare on Threadneedle Street

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      BoE admits ‘very big lessons to learn’ over failure to forecast rise in inflation

      Governor Andrew Bailey admits central bank no longer following its own model when predicting price rises

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Britons among most gloomy on inflation prospects

      Survey finds six in 10 think it will take at least a year for cost rises to return to normal level

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Hunt pushes for supermarkets to curb soaring prices

      Food becoming more of a factor than energy in driving stubbornly high level of inflation

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      BoE pins its hopes on falling inflation easing wage growth

      Headline rate set to fall sharply when April data is published on Wednesday as last year’s energy spike drops out of the figures

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Nationwide Building Society
      Nationwide profits jump by nearly 40% on rising rates

      Chief says building society will distribute £340mn to members

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      BoE governor admits UK economy suffering from wage-price spiral

      Andrew Bailey pledges to raise interest rates as far ‘as necessary’ to bring inflation down to 2%

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      UK employment
      UK wage growth shows little sign of easing

      Increase in public sector earnings hits 20-year high of 5.6%

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Bank of England
      BoE chief economist regrets telling Britons to accept they are poorer

      Huw Pill says ‘viral response’ has been unhelpful but maintains that it is necessary to slow spending

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