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Inflation

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Government bank National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has withdrawn its savings deal that guarantees to beat inflation over the term to new customers.
19 July 2010
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Record price-slashing by retailers in the sales season and falling petrol costs helped bring down inflation in June.
13 July 2010
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Millions of private sector workers with a final salary pension face lower payouts after the Government announced plans to cut the rate at which their income rises each year.
9 July 2010
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People on low incomes are increasingly struggling to get by due to soaring inflation, research suggests today.
6 July 2010
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Interest rates have been kept on hold today as policymakers maintain their "wait-and-see" approach ahead of government plans to tackle the UK's deficit.
10 June 2010
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Inflation is at a 19-year high meaning virtually every savings account would fail to keep pace with the cost of living were prices to continue rising at this rate.
31 May 2010
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The Bank of England should hike interest rates in the second half of 2010 and lift borrowing costs to 3.5% by the end of 2011 to control rising inflation, an economic report says today.
26 May 2010
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A sharp rise in the cost of living isn't generally good news, and April's Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure, announced yesterday, shows a 19-year high of 5.3%.
19 May 2010
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Inflation rose to a 17-month high in April – driven by rising food costs and Budget duty hikes, official figures show today.
18 May 2010

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