Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?
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The Bank of England's Job to Deal With Inflation
The Bank of England doesn't expect its headline inflation rate to hit 2% by 2025. Core inflation hits 7.1% in May, which is the highest in 31 years. Merin Somerset Webb: Why would Rishi Sunak have made halving inflation a priority at the beginning of the year? And I suppose I'm asking, was it optics rather than anything else?
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