News emerged last week that during August, UK inflation went up. Again. The consumer price index (CPI) index last month showed that prices were 4.5pc higher than the same month in 2010. 17 Sep 2011 "Never again will American taxpayers be held hostage by banks that are too big to fail," boomed Barack Obama in January 2010. "If these folks want a fight, it's a fight I'm ready to have". 10 Sep 2011 Last week, I almost raised a glass to Christine Lagarde. Just for a moment, I thought the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund had said something sensible and brave. 03 Sep 2011 Why didn't Ben Bernanke signal a third round of quantitative easing on Friday at the long-anticipated Jackson Hole summit? 27 Aug 2011
Liam Halligan
Liam Halligan's column tackles head on the key issues facing the British and global economy.
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UK inflation figures make a mockery of the economic assumptions of old
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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