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An ill wind.(Comment--the bigger picture)
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June 1, 2007
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'Another month, another rate rise. Interest rates show no sign of receding--indeed, there was another base rate rise at the beginning of May--and inflation continues to hold the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee in its thrall. The Consumer Price Index is at its highest ever level, above three per cent, and, should we need reminding, the Retail Prices Index, which includes politically inconvenient things like housing costs, is more than a percentage point higher.
A growing number of market commentators have been going to great lengths to remind investors that inflation has its merits as well as its drawbacks. Experienced investors will realise that circumstances ...
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