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Why is inflation worse in Britain?

Ed Monk

Ed Monk - Fidelity International

This week - have we now passed the worst of the inflation crisis that has been squeezing our finances for more than a year?

Price rises in the UK are now slowing down but it’s happening less quickly than in other countries and there are worrying predictions that we will simply have to get used to higher levels of inflation from here on.

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