Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?
The Briefing Room
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The Importance of Interest Rates
Economists tend to think that managing inflation is a job best done by central bankers. If the government wanted to directly try and bring inflation down, it could be cutting its own spending or putting taxes up - neither of which would be very popular measures with many people. Although they might help bringing inflation down, they would obviously make economic growth that much harder.
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