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Cost of living crisis: inflation barely drops as Brexit fuels food price rise



Inflation is down by a wafer. It was 8.7 per cent in April. But that’s not down as much as expected, stoking fears that the UK has a big problem with rising prices.

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And that means that the Bank of England is likely to continue putting up interest rates in response.

Within the figures, food inflation remains at the highest levels for over four decades at 19.3 percent, which means an even greater squeeze on the budgets of low income families.
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45 Comments

  1. It's not Brexit that fueled price rise.

    It's money printing and bailing out banksters that fuels price rise.

    Those trillions in bills are being offloaded onto the working class via inflation.

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  3. How can the uk lie to the world pretending they have gave house holds £3000 cost of living yet they have not! It’s a lie! They gave £300 per person and not everyone got it. Most people working more than one job and still are not eating.

  4. now the British people are paying for their vote to exit the EU even though politicians did not explain the implications to their constituents adequately. This left absolutely no space for money being spent on the Ukraine conflict and dealing with implications of climate change related supply disruptions.

  5. You would think that people who live in the empire that once stole gold, diamond, minerals, oil, and land across the world would be able to have food and adequate housing.

  6. It’s because of the Ukrainian war!!! Don’t just blame Russia. Blame the governments like UK, US etc who instigated and encouraged the war. They underestimated Russia

  7. It's getting out of control now. I'm a single guy with only 1 wage coming in to the house. Even Aldi prices are getting out of reach. People are living off meal deals in Asda etc, a sandwich, bag of crisps and a drink. and the supermarkets know it. I deliver goods to them and there's so much focus on Staff stocking the shelves everyday in that area. Their At It and it will come to breaking point for people.

  8. The inflation is the result of money printing during Covid by government. During that time UK gov. injected 750 bln. pounds into economy, effectively diluting money in the system. Since none of the poor people saw these money, it went somwhere. And it went to his palls to buy our your grandma house. Whose palls you would say? Obviously Rishi Sunak's, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer's palls. We are not in the middle of "living crisis". We are in the middle of the robbery.

  9. Inflation is far more harmful to individuals than a collapsing stock or property market because it directly affects people's cost of living, which they immediately feel. It is not surprising that the current market sentiment is extremely pessimistic. In today's economy, assistance is critical if we are to survive.

  10. Brexit causes this. Don’t be silly. 51% of us are right!. Says us 49% living with the idiots that voted for it 😡. We are a small Island that needs Europe not the other way round

  11. Everytime there is huge currency printing by the central banks around the world, the flip side is inflation. Stop asking for government to help. They are the ones who created this mess.

  12. "The invasion of Ukraine is what ignited the gas prices" – you, young lady, are lying through your teeth (or maybe just parroting whatever nonsense is being said in the UK). The current energy crisis started as early as mid-2021 and it is the logical consequence of the EU's "brilliant" decisions that have been in effect for years (see the Third Energy Package). The war is just a convenient excuse, though it somewhat exacerbated the originally bad situation.

  13. It is a government inspired crisis this time. The Treasury have to sell Bonds to cover the trade imbalance and the government spending imbalance. In order to sell them they have to raise interest rates and the old long-term, low risk, low interest, AAA investments (including Treasury Bonds), held by the banks (often due to government regulatory policy), become next to worthless. The next milestone is the 15th when the government issue a new batch of Bonds. I have approximately $350k stagnant in my port_folio that needs growth. What is the best way to take advantage of this downturn?

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