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By Last month, the ONS’s former head Sir Ian Diamond resigned with immediate effect due to health reasons.In April, the UK’s Office for Statistics Regulation had set out its concerns about the quality of the data provided by the ONS itself.These concerns focused on, but were not limited to, widely-recognised problems with the Labour Force…
By Inflation has altered consumers’ buying habitsgettyYear-to-year inflation may look low, but prices continue to compound upwards. For example, “Food at home” pricing, accounting for 8% of the total CPI basket, was up 1.8% in 2024. That seemingly low inflation rate nevertheless pushed up the Covid period price inflation to 27.6%, and that is what…
By “IT’LL BE somewhere between a scalpel and a sledgehammer,” was how Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, described the emerging Republican approach to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Joe Biden’s signature climate law. Pressure from companies and congressmen with clean-energy projects benefiting from its subsidies in their districts (most are found in Republican counties)…
By Are diminished energy prices to thank for reduced inflation rates in the U.S. economy?White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt credited “declining” energy prices for bringing down overall inflation in a Monday press briefing, citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) consumer price index report for April, released on May 13. “I would again point…
By Water and sewerage prices rose by 26.1% in April, which the ONS said was the largest rise for 37 years, since official records began. A sharp jump in the cost of airfares compared to April last year also helped drive up inflation.The later Easter this year is thought to have contributed to the rise…
By President Trump’s new tariffs could cause prices to rise for consumers and induce a period of slowing economic growth. Right now, there are only seven public companies that are trading at a market capitalization north of $1 trillion. The exclusive list of trillion-dollar stocks includes Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Berkshire…
By Egg prices are not the only thing pressuring household budgets. Something even more essential is creating the latest inflation headache: water. The latest Consumer Price Index report showed the cost of water, sewer, and trash collection services rose at an annualized rate of 4.9% in March versus an overall CPI increase of 2.4%. The…
By POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 28: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald … More Trump arrives to a Q&A with Pastor Paula White at the National Faith Advisory Summit on October 28, 2024 in Powder Springs, Georgia. With eight days left until the election, Trump is expected to continue visiting battleground states through…
By POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 28: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald … More Trump arrives to a Q&A with Pastor Paula White at the National Faith Advisory Summit on October 28, 2024 in Powder Springs, Georgia. With eight days left until the election, Trump is expected to continue visiting battleground states through…