Economy & Inflation

21+ min ago   (514+ words) A landmark piece of legislation regarding affecting certain dog owners will come into effect across the UK on Sunday, November 1. A number of dog breeds are currently banned in the UK. It is illegal to own a Pit Bull Terrier,…...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1388+ words) Higher bills have been adding to the cost of living(Image: Yau Ming Low via Getty Images) Council tax bills in Bristol have shot up by a whopping two thirds over the past dozen years. Bristol residents now pay a…...

21+ hour, 30+ min ago   (94+ words) The Reserve Bank of India has raised the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%, triggering a fresh political confrontation between the Congress and the Modi government. The October 7 decision marks the RBI’s first repo rate hike since February 2023 and…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (441+ words) Budgets are always a balancing act, a bit like ensuring appropriate geographical and gender spread in a ministerial Cabinet. When announcing the budget goodies, Minister for Finance Simon Harris and his advisers will have been conscious of the need to…...

7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (116+ words) Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Iran: The Iranian economy is about to reach a place that few countries in the world have been in terms of how bad it’s going to get. And it’s all the fault of the…...

22+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1093+ words) October 7, 2026 — 7:30pm Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell last month sat in the middle of a semi-forbidden Carlton median strip sipping a canned yuzu gin spritz when a resident walked past and shouted out. “I’m voting Greens this time,” they said. “I’m…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (163+ words) Join Greenpeace and Tactical Tech online on 15 October 2026 to explore how non-profits can respond to AI, misinformation and threats to democracy. Values-based non-profit organisations, like those in the Greenpeace network, rely on technology to campaign, connect with supporters and deliver…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (493+ words) The gospel of affordability is not bold enough to convince voters that the Democrats care about them. To build a lasting majority, Democrats must embrace populism. Shoppers browse the bread aisle at a grocery store on January 23, 2026, in Lenexa, Kansas....

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (540+ words) In a college psychology course, my class studied an experiment. The point was to determine whether these obviously wrong guesses would cause the unsuspecting student — the one not in on the scheme and the last one at the table to…...

3+ hour ago   (984+ words) Four years ago, in the run-up to the last midterm elections, prices were rising more than twice as quickly as they are now. President Trump has repeatedly reminded voters of the 2022 inflation rate, blaming high prices on his predecessor. But…...