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UK inflation

  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    ExplainerGlobal Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane. See how actions taken by your central bank affect you

  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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    Emerging markets’ surprising performance

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell is warning that US tariffs are ‘likely’ to put at r…

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.6% in March

    Traders cement bets on at least three quarter-point interest rate cuts this year

    Chart showing UK inflation
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    It’s possible that Pink broke UK hotel inflation. Has the ONS fixed it?

    We check out the data, and find room for improvement

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    The ONS vs the Xbox

    Wicked games

  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    How well will UK consumers withstand the April price rises?

    Increases to water, energy and telecoms bills will push up inflation

    Montage shows upwards arrows with illustrations of water, electricity pylon, a mobile phone and pound notes
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    UK Spring Statement 2025
    Spring Statement as it happened: Reeves announces £14bn plan to fix Britain’s strained public finances

    UK chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    UK inflation slows more than expected to 2.8%

    Fall in clothing prices drives decline but services inflation holds at 5% in February

    Shoppers in Oxford Street, London
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    Louis Ashworth
    The UK’s inflation basket is a casual vibe check

    Collecting price data on meat pies and VR headsets is a strange exercise

    Virtual reality headsets
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    Why is UK wage growth so strong?

    Pay is out of line with the state of the economy, puzzling analysts and worrying the BoE

    A montage of UK banknotes with line graphs in the background
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Monetary Policy Committee UK
    Was Catherine Mann right to pivot? With charts and historical enquiry, we fail to answer that question

    The Descent of Mann

  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    VR headsets and pulled pork join UK inflation basket

    Office for National Statistics updates items used to measure price growth as spending habits evolve

    Montage shows a bowl of pulled pork, a woman wearing a VR headset and a mango against an inflation chart line
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    small caged mammal confessions

    mammal, I’m throwed and I don’t know what to do

  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Central banks should fear misbehaving inflation expectations Premium content

    Widening dispersion and greater inflation uncertainty mean expectations are not as anchored as they appear

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    The UK’s inflationary basket case

    It all keeps adding up / We think we’re cracking up

  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Weakening UK demand could help bear down on inflation, says BoE governor

    Andrew Bailey plays down risks of self-reinforcing acceleration in price growth

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    UK food inflation hits five-month high

    Grocery price growth highlights persistent pressure on living costs

    Girl smears butter with a knife on a triangular fried toast. Breakfast of fried eggs with toast
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Thames Water
    Thames Water customers shocked by ‘scandalous’ bill increases

    Some consumers will pay almost 50% more from April as confusion mounts over price rises

    Montage shows water coming out of a tap with a background of pound notes and the Thames Water logo
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Bank of England
    BoE rate setter warns of higher UK inflation risk driven by wages

    Deputy governor Dave Ramsden says interest rate cuts must be gradual

    Office workers walk across London Bridge in the early evening
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    UK inflation rises to 10-month high of 3% in January

    Figure surpasses expectations and highlights challenge for Bank of England

    Chart showing UK inflation rate in percentages from 2021 to January 2025, with the text “3%” above January 2025
  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    EU economy
    Is UK inflation on the rise again?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A shopper at a supermarket in London
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Banking & Savings
    £276bn held in UK bank accounts that pay no interest

    Consumers urged to switch to avoid inflation eroding value of their cash

    Outside view of the Bank of England
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    Markets InsightSushil Wadhwani
    Two key steps the UK could take on fiscal pressures and growth

    Government should consider handing over inflation target to BoE and issue more index-linked gilts

    People are silhouetted as they walk near the Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK interest rates are too restrictive

    But uncertainty and a rise in near-term inflation warrants a cautious approach to cuts

    The Bank of England
  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    small caged mammal revelations

    ladies and gentlemen, we got ’em (mammals)

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