Raising rates to fight inflation involves a time lag so current efforts to bring down prices won’t start having an impact until the next election is approaching.
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The Fed raised rates by a quarter-point – less aggressive than had been expected before the current banking crisis, but signaling inflation is still its focus.
Understanding and finding ways to reduce our financial stress – and its emotional impact on us – can help make this challenging time a bit easier.
While the scale of the strikes in both countries is historic, a scholar in employer relations notes the legislative conditions framing industrial action in the UK are much more restrictive.
After decades of research revealing the long-term damage of fuel poverty, the problem is worse than ever.
High rural poverty rates are driven largely by fuel and transport costs.
Concerns about the credibility of pay review bodies could boost collective bargaining on worker pay.
What will happen to the euro zone’s rising prices in 2023? Here’s an overview of the factors which might influence inflation’s acceleration or deceleration.
Money-saving tips for people with pets.
Before you rent out your home or car, make sure you are covered.
Originally from Richard III, the phrase was used by a power-hungry autocrat who preferred chaos over peace.
Mortgage rates – and repayments – have risen significantly since this time last year.
While UK inflation could drop again in 2023, there is a lot of work to do to support the country’s economy.
The strikes (minimum service levels) bill making its way through parliament potentially means employers can block named workers from taking industrial action.
Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.
COVID and the cost of living crisis are exacerbating the struggles informal carers face. Their labour deserves recognition.
Central banks are raising interest rates to tame inflation, but 2023 will increasingly turn a technical decision into a political challenge.
Public spending cuts and the soaring cost of living will not only affect people lives now, but could trickle down through generations.
From the economic perspective, the year 2022 will be remembered, by many Nigerians, as a time of dashed hopes and disappointments.
For some people, the decision to live in a vehicle is a choice with the goal of being free and self-sufficient to live how and where they want.
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Professor of International Relations, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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Professor and Head of Department - Accounting, Finance and Economics, University of Huddersfield
