Archive: Inflation

Carry on cutting: IMF backs UK's spending cuts 'credibility'

Christine Lagarde gives the coalition's cuts a ringing endorsement

The coalition's deficit reduction plan has received a strong endorsement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Unions meet to organise 'mass movement' against cuts

IMF's Lagarde warns against 'slamming on the brakes'

Cameron faces growing anti-austerity consensus ahead of Davos visit

Treasury: Consumers are being helped by govt

A Treasury spokesperson responds to October's inflation figures, which showed CPI falling to five per cent:

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Markit: Downward inflation trend has begun

Markit's chief economist and director Chris Williamson gives his take on today's CPI inflation figure of 0.5%:

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Labour: Families are feeling the squeeze

Shadow Treasury minister Owen Smith MP responds to today's CPI inflation figure of 0.5%:

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Inflation breaks 5% barrier

Inflation jumped above expectations to 5.2% in September, official figures show.

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Revealed: How the recession worsens inequality

Inflation affects rich and poor differently

Inflation is worsening the gap between the rich and poor as rising fuel prices batter the incomes of lower income groups, a new report shows.

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Retailers warn of austerity inflation

Consumer confidence will continue to suffer, retailers warn

Government austerity measures may not stem rising inflation, retailers have warned.

Inflation remains above-target

The rate of inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has remained steady at 3.1%.

Unemployment and inflation on the rise

UK unemployment continues to increase as new figures show inflation figures remain well above target.

'Serious risk' of UK recession

The UK is at risk of recession, according to the report

The threat of recession in the UK is "serious", 5,000 businesses have said.

Housing market "at beginning of crash"

High court told up to 44,000 migrant workers affected

The housing market is at the beginning of a housing crisis, one of parliament's most respected MPs on the economy has warned.

MPs warn 60,000 at risk of repossession

Lib Dems warn of rising risk of repossession

As many as 60,000 families face the risk of repossession during 2008, the Liberal Democrat party has warned.

Tories attack rising cost of living

Living costs in the UK have increased by £27 a week for British families since Gordon Brown became prime minister, research carried out by the Conservative party claims.

Inflation up at 2.5 per cent

Inflation rises 0.5 per cent above target

Inflation has continued to rise above the government's target and is now at its highest level for nine months.

Pay rises 'fail to cover' rising cost of living

Average pay rises this year will not cover the increased cost of living, a new consumer survey has warned.

Employment up but wages lag behind inflation

Wages have failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living, figures suggest.

Brown faces unprecedented vote of no confidence

The chancellor Gordon Brown is facing a vote of no confidence over his decision to scrap the tax relief on pension funds in 1997.

Inflation rises to ten-year high

ONS figures shows cost of living at ten-year high

The cost of living has risen by three per cent, the highest level since records began ten years ago, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Brown praises Labour's fiscal prudence

Gordon Brown calls for public sector pay restraint to keep inflation down

Gordon Brown today issued a strong defence of his handling of the economy, and underlined his tough line by calling yet again for restraint in public sector pay rises.