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25% inflation, 50 years on

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
September 24, 2025
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UK CPI inflation in 1975 reached 25%, a period now known as the ‘Great Inflation’. This column uses a range of empirical and narrative evidence to illustrate the importance of fiscal policy in this period. While stabilising and reducing debt has been the primary peacetime fiscal policy objective for most of modern British history, this […]

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Dollar firm as geopolitics heat up; investors await US inflation data

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
September 11, 2025
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The data did not offer much insight into job creation since March, leaving U.S. rate expectations unchanged for now. The dollar held steady on Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data this week that could help shape the outlook for Federal Reserve policy, while a fraught geopolitical backdrop underpinned the likes of the Swiss franc. Employment […]