L’inflazione nel Regno Unito scende drasticamente al 3%, alimentando le speranze di un taglio dei tassi di interesse
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/uk-inflation-cpi-economy-prices-interest-rates-ons-b2922068.html?test_group=lighteradlayout
di Justnotstressed
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“Reeves suffers HUGE SET BACK as interest rates for savers PLUMMIT”
Damn, that legitimately a huge fall over just a month.
And the labour bashing will still continue in the press. It’s almost as if the right wing is influencing the media.
Inb4 somebody explains that prices are sTiLl rIsInG tHoUgH
Zero growth, deflationary economy, raising unemployment (highest since Covid)….are we entering a recession?
We did it Reddit! Things are getting way more expensive a bit slower!
Wage growth comfortably outpacing inflation in TERRIBLE BLOW TO RACHEL REEVES
Oh THANK GOD … probably could save some after remortgage for 3rd meal of the day
Hooray. Enough people lost their jobs and paid more taxes that they had less money to buy goods and services.
Let’s lower interest rates to put money in the pockets of the most leveraged asset owners like landlords and priavte equity.
Drops just in time for pay rise discussion to be fucked over before April
Highest unemployment since COVID, highest inflation in the G7 by quite a bit, highest energy prices and falling living standards. Can’t wait to see the figures when all the phone/internet providers rise their prices by the maximum allowed in April along with the maximum 5% council tax increases etc so they can keep ignoring social issues and the crumbling roads.
Its actually very worrying how many people are desperately trying to push negative misinformation about this in the comments
Nick Ferrari this morning “Interest rates dropped which is good, BUT HERE’S A LIST OF THINGS I CAN THINK OF FOR YOU TO BE FURIOUS ABOUT”
This is encouraging news.
The Bank of England will likely (hopefully) want to stay the course for the next few months rather than rush into cutting interest rates, even though there will be pressure to ease borrowing costs for households with mortgages.
It probably makes sense to wait for a bit more data. Producer price inflation is around 3.4%, and while that’s much lower than before, it could prove somewhat sticky. There’s also an unknown around Iran and that can have a huge impact upon inflation due to the amount of gas and oil transported through the straits.
The direction is positive, and its likely that rates will fall in excess of 1% this year and that should gradually support the wider economy.
I’m surprised more people aren’t forecasting UK interest rates falling towards 2% in the near term.
The employment market is weakening meaningfully. Hiring has slowed, vacancies are down, and businesses are cautious. We are facing a short-term unemployment crisis, and that will weigh on wage growth and demand. The direction of travel for inflation is therefore down, and rates will follow.
Longer term, sure, the labour market will adapt. We’re in the middle of an AI-driven revolution, and new roles will emerge. But transitions are never smooth. In the short run, displacement outpaces creation — which is disinflationary.
The bigger concern is inequality. Technological shifts tend to reward capital and high-skill labour disproportionately. Without serious policy intervention, the gains from AI will be concentrated at the top. Good to see Labour doing absolutely nothing to help with this.
It’s funny how on every positive news story Redditors will start screaming about how good Reeves is (mostly by mocking her critics), seemingly ignoring the flatlining growth and the recent unemployment figures that came out the other day.
Picking and choosing which stats are important is so dumb
Good thing the basket of goods this time didn’t include DDR5 RAM…
But seriously this is great news.