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prices are rising faster than they have done for a0 years in the uk. the bank of england says the recent increases in energy hills, which are set to be three times more than they were a year ago, will drive inflation the rate at which prices rise even higher, to 13%. uk inflation hit that a0 year high injune, reaching 9.a%. july s figures are released in a few hours and there is a real chance that headline uk inflation could hit double figures. joining me now is liz martins, uk economist, hsbc welcome and it is good to have you on the programme. what do you on the programme. what do you think? do you think we will hit double digits today and if so how significant is that? that is our forecast that we get to exactly 10% year on year injuly and some of our fellow economists don t think it is quite that bad they say nine point 8% perhaps but 9.8, ten, these are incredible figures that even a few months ago we would have found hard to believe. yesterday we had the labou ....
Interest rates to try and bring down the rate of inflation but as you do so you slow the economy as well. of course, the bank of england told us a couple of weeks ago they are forecasting a recession to last the best part of two years. you could be careful not to raise rates too much and exacerbate the economic risks in order to bring down inflation. but we do expect a few more rate rises, three more specifically in september, novemberand september, november and december. september, november and december- september, november and december. ~ , ., ., december. when we see inflation eaked, december. when we see inflation peaked. do december. when we see inflation peaked. do you december. when we see inflation peaked, do you think? december. when we see inflation peaked, do you think? it - peaked, do you think? it depends on the household energy price caps. in our current forecast we ve got a peak coming injanuary forecast we ve got a peak coming in january that will see another ris ....