A Data History of UK Interest Rates
Lets look at a history of interest rates in the UK (or England…) Interest rates in England began in 1694. The government needed to raise money to rebuild the Royal Navy in the Nine Years’ War. It set up an…
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The Cost of Living Crisis in your Store Cupboard
Two grocery items you buy everyday saw prices rise above 50% between September 2021 and September 2022: vegetable oil and pasta.
Two saw prices go *down* by more than five percent: beef mince and orange juice.
A can of Heinz Beanz has risen faster than recent Inflation
If a tin of Heinz baked beans followed the path of other tinned goods from 2019. It would cost £0.94 today.
Instead, it costs £1.40.
Yes. A can of Heinz Beanz has risen faster than cost-of-living.