Monday 21 March 2011

Inflation, Inflation, Inflation.

Hi all,

With the UK Consumer Price Index and Retail Price Index being announced on Tuesday and the Bank of England Interest Rate Minutes on Wednesday, I thought it would be very topical to mention inflation.


Thanks to raising food prices and fuel costs, it seems a few nations are experiencing rising inflation ahead of their targets. In the UK, inflation is currently double the Bank of England's target of 2 percent, if the figure is still unchanged or has increased on Tuesday, the Bank of England may take action by raising interest rates - which is bad for borrowers, especially those on tracker mortgages!


If you fancy checking out the inflation rates in different countries, the Telegraph have an excellent article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8389042/Global-inflation-in-graphs.html


Regards, Sam

34 comments:

  1. Thanks for the link. Had a bunch of interesting information.

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  2. thanks for the link, was informative :)

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  3. a lot of fluctuation in india...

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  4. great information,tnx for the share

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  5. Cheers for the link, petrol/food prices are getting out of control at the moment. Bring on the water car :P

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  6. very informative.

    following.

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  7. if a few buisnesses just got together and kept their prices low, then they could stop inflation...am i right?

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  8. nice link. there really is never a good time for too much inflation. :(

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  9. interesting stuff, going to read the article, thanks

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  10. Those rates are so ridiculous.....

    Followed.

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  11. DAmn... that's interesting. Following sir.

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  12. Inflation is goona rape us. Be aware. BTW I hate Moddy's credit ratings..
    They suck. Followd+

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  13. Time to raise interest rates to keep a short leash on inflation.

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  14. Scary how bad the economy is going

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  15. interesting... following for more

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  16. Inflation of food prices was the camel that broke the straw for the Egyptians, causing them to revolt.

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  17. Well the economy is supposed to start recovering in a year, so we can only hope

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  18. How do you think we as investors should act on this?

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  19. Thanks for reminding me this! now I'm depressed.

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  20. I read another article talking about the inflation in the US also. It's hard to deny

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  21. inflation will burst at the seams

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  22. Great read. Thanks for sharing that website!

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  23. The world is getting harder to live in a day after day :/

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  24. god damn inflation triple combo :D good info btw

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  25. I feel for the people with these tracker mortgages!

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  26. thanks for the info on inflation

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  27. If a tracker mortgage is the same as a flexible mortgage then thats not to way to go..ever.

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  28. the whole world is messed up right now!

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  29. Inflation is definitely bad news bears.

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