UK inflation hits 40-year high
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation rose to 9.4% in June 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics.
CPI was 9% in April 2022 and 9.1% in May 2022. So, although inflation has hit a 40-year high, it has merely continued its steady rise.
With these steady increases to inflation, it is almost impossible to remember that CPI was as low as 0.2% as recently as August 2020.
Much if the recent increases in inflation have been driven by the war in Ukraine’s impact on fuel and food prices.
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All information is correct as at 20/07/22.