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Inflation has gone up to four percent after duty charges increased.

Leicestershire County Council estimates its budget gap could top £85m by 2028.

There's plenty to chew over for policy makers meeting at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meeting, while Britain's opposition Labour party - vying for government - will set out its stall ahead of next year's election. When all were bowing before king dollar in days gone by, the yen suddenly had other ideas.

Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as many families send their kids off to school. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a report issued by the Commerce Department on Thursday. A closely watched category of retail sales that excludes auto dealers, gas stations and building materials and feeds into the gross domestic product increased just 0.1% last month compared to the prior month, after a revised 0.7% increase in July.

The shelter component in the latest Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in August from the previous month.