Inflation
UK food inflation ‘could hit 9%’, trade body warns as Reeves meets retail chiefs
Food inflation could hit 9% in the UK this year even if the strait of Hormuz opens within the next few weeks, figures suggest, as the Iran war pushes...
UK inflation held at 3% before global energy price hit from Iran war
The UK inflation rate was unchanged at 3% in February, before Donald Trump’s Iran war drove up global energy costs, threatening a renewed price jump.Official figures showed the consumer...
UK manufacturers hit by sharpest rise in cost inflation since Black Wednesday in 1992
The UK’s manufacturers have suffered the sharpest one-month acceleration in costs since the aftermath of Black Wednesday in 1992, as conflict in the Middle East has driven up oil...
Spring forecast: Rachel Reeves to insist government has ‘right economic plan’, as Middle East crisis threatens inflation spike – live updates
Introduction: Reeves to respond to spring forecast after oil and gas prices surgeGood morning.“Events, dear boy, events”. Rachel Reeves may have the (probably apocryphal, oft-quoted) wisdom of Harold Macmillan...
Middle East crisis pushes up oil prices – and could drive inflation rises too
The impact of the deadly and unpredictable conflict in the Middle East on the global economy will be felt most immediately, and keenly, through the rising cost of oil.Prices...
Gold dips as dollar ticks up; all eyes on inflation data
Markets currently expect three 25-basis-point rate cuts this year, according to CME’s FedWatch ToolPublished Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 11:26 AM[BENGALURU] Gold prices edged lower on Friday (Feb 20)...
Gold edges down as dollar firms; inflation data in focus
Published Thu, Feb 19, 2026 · 09:57 AM[BENGALURU] Gold prices edged lower on Thursday (Feb 19) after a more than 2 per cent gain in the previous session, as...
Bank of England cautious about risks from expected dip in inflation
Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 09:53 PM[LONDON] Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill said on Friday (Feb 6) that there was a risk that the central bank...
