BBCNEWS World July 6, 2024
i'm sally bundock and we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the latest inflation numbers will be released and its widely anticipated the news will be good with prices coming down. the bank of england says it expects inflation to "fall sharply in april". this follows an upgrade from the international monetary fund for the uk economy. it says we should avoid a recession this year but the imf is warning inflation "remains stubbornly high" and higher interest rates will need to remain in place if it is to be brought down. so where are we at? if we look at february inflation...