BBCNEWS BBC News at Six June 4, 2024 17:13:00
Coming through from the new recruits that we are looking to employ. that is seen across the economy with ordinary wages, that is excluding bonuses, up by 7.2% over a year. that might be evidence that inflation is starting to become entrenched across the economy so let's look at inflation. that is actually still higher than those wage rises which, when you put it all together, means that take—home pay is still falling after a year and a half. so financial markets think the bank of england interest rates will now top 5%. the market for two—year borrowing to the government, effectively a judg...