BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:16:00
In 27 years. that's because inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — is at its highest level for 40 years. now some inflation is a good thing for a healthy economy but the target is just 2%, compared to the current 9.4%. so, how do you try to get surging inflation under control? well, traditionally one way is to raise interest rates — which makes it more expensive for us all to borrow money, so we slow down how much we're willing to spend, and that can bring costs down. now interest rates are currently 1.25% — up from what was a historic low of 0.1% last december. and at 12 o'...