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Soaring food prices push inflation into double figures

INFLATION is expected to have returned to double figures in September due to rising food prices, according to economists.

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Amid sky-high inflation and consecutive big rate hikes, recessionary fears are looming. We believe fundamentally sound and stable dividend-paying stocks Walmart (WMT), AbbVie (ABBV), Coca-Cola Company (KO), and International Paper Company (IP) could be ideal investments to navigate a bear market. Read more.

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When are the midterm elections?

Bipartisan researchers list main issues as economy, inflation, abortion rights and fighting gun violence

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State Pension Triple Lock uncertain as Jeremy Hunt refuses to confirm its return for April uprating

Prime Minister Liz Truss has previously stated her commitment to the return of the Triple Lock.

Daily Record

Tax breaks for kids, companies are suddenly brewing in Congress

When Congress returns in a few weeks, Republicans and Democrats will be focusing on a compromise to extend tax breaks for both low-income children and corporations — which would hand wins to both parties before year’s end but after the critical midterm elections.

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Liz Truss backs down on pension triple lock commitment in major U-turn

LIZ Truss is no longer standing by her commitment to increase state pensions in line with soaring inflation as her imperilled leadership is…

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Michael Hiltzik: Think food inflation is bad now? Wait till Kroger and Albertsons merge

The gargantuan proposed $24.6-billion merger of supermarket behemoths Kroger and Albertsons is being touted by the merger partners as a boon to consumers.

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Liz Truss no longer committed to the government's triple lock promise to pensioners

The guarantee to increase pensions in line with inflation is being reconsidered

Wales Online

Boat buyers, sellers navigate choppy waters from war, inflation, supply woes

When COVID-19 struck down the economy in 2020, it was the marine industry that converted crisis into opportunity as customers seeking a safe mode of recreation bought or rented boats in droves.

Tribune News Service

Tesla Is Back To Hiring After Earlier Layoffs

Not long ago, Tesla was reorganizing its workforce due to overhiring in some areas and fears of inflation. Now, the company is actively hiring again.

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French strike pits workers vs. government as inflation bites

Industries across France have gone on strike Tuesday to push for pay hikes that keep up with rising inflation

The Independent UK

You can run, but you can't hide: Inflation is busting budgets, and killing joy too

Inflation is hitting Americans hard at home with prices soaring for electricity, groceries, rent, even breakfast. A carton of eggs is 30.5% more expensive than it was last year.

WEKU

Trussonomics is dead, but not before laying a trap for Labour

The defeat of free market ideology will be worthless if it results in a fear of public spending, says Josh Ryan-Collins of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

The Guardian - UK

Seven reasons to be fearful of your softly-spoken new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt is an emollient, centre-right Tory - but it doesn't make the message he's delivering any sweeter. We look at why you should brace for austerity, high energy bills, and uncertainty over benefit and state pension rates

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Families won’t be able to afford to pay mortgages, warns M&S chief

Rate rises are the biggest threat to the economy, Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman warns

Reuters

Frustrated Nigerians 'flee' abroad in punishing pre-election brain drain

Nnamdi Nwaogu, a 44-year-old IT worker, has packed his bags. In Lagos, Nigeria's frenetic commercial capital, galloping inflation and a plunging naira have pummeled his salary.

WEKU

Suburbs delivered recent wins for Georgia Democrats. This year, they're up for grabs

Whether Democrats can hold onto the Georgia suburbs may come down to candidate quality, shifting demographics and whether voters are more discouraged by inflation or abortion restrictions.

Bangkok Post

Philippines looking at market intervention to defend peso: Marcos

MANILA: The Philippines will continue to use interest rates to mitigate against inflation and may step in to defend a depreciating peso, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday.

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EU proposes joint gas buying and curbs on energy price spikes – business live

European Commission proposes mechanism to cap “excessive and volatile” gas price moves, and to let member countries start jointly buying gas

France 24

Schools, transport disrupted as French workers strike for higher wages

Thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday and commuters faced delays as unions staged a nationwide strike for higher salaries, as they remain in deadlock with the government over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages.

Reuters

Scuffles break out as French strike to call for higher wages

Dozens of black-clad protesters clashed with police and broke shop windows on Tuesday on the margins of a demonstration when several thousand people took to the streets of Paris to call for wage hikes as high inflation eats away their purchasing power.

Daily Record

New calls for extra £325 cost of living payment and benefits to increase in line with inflation

Scope is also urging the UK Government to double the £150 disability cost of living payment.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand inflation near record high as wisdom of interest rate rises questioned

Latest figures defy widespread predictions inflation would fall, as the central banks readies an ‘outsized’ rate hike

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How does the RBA set interest rates each month? Why was this month's decision a close call?

The Reserve Bank reveals its recent decision to slow down interest rate increases was "finely balanced" and explains the process by which it arrives at its monthly decisions.

AAP

Inflation staying hot in NZ at 7.2 pc

Housing, petrol and diesel and vegetable costs are all soaring in New Zealand, where CPI inflation has been measured at 7.2 per cent in the year to September.

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