stagflation Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/stagflation/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:35:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png stagflation Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/stagflation/ 32 32 ‘Unexpected’ inflation really wasn’t https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/07/26/inflation-rise-is-not-unexpected/ Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:35:20 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11913 So we have been greeted with an ‘unexpected’ 3.6% inflation and unemployment rising at the same time that vacancies are diminishing (the lowest since Covid). Anyone reading these eshots and realising the increases in costs on employers would not have seen these two things as ‘unexpected’ at all.  Indeed, perhaps the Government should subscribe to […]

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]]> Inflation slows but is it the calm before the storm? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/04/23/inflation-slow-calm-before-the-storm/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11811 While the news inflation slowed in March to 2.6% is welcome and an interest rate cut is widely expected next month, it may simply be a brief glow of light to ward off the spectre of ‘stagflation’ a little longer. The recent quakes from Trump’s tariffs have subsided for now and some analysts are upbeat […]

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]]> What does US inflation mean for the UK? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/02/26/will-us-inflation-hit-the-uk/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:48:34 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11701 Inflation in the United States rose more than expected last month to 3% – exactly the same rate as here in the UK, funnily enough! ‘Unpredictable’ best describes the start of Donald Trump’s presidency as his proposed tariffs on imported goods look likely to push up prices for American consumers. The rate of inflation ‘over […]

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]]> Is ‘stagflation’ looming and what can you do about it? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/02/12/are-we-heading-for-stagflation/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:21:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11665 Interest rates have been cut to 4.5% as expected but with low economic growth, higher unemployment and price rises, some analysts fear we are heading for a period of ‘stagflation’. First coined in the 1960s, the term simply means economic stagnation on the one hand and inflation on the other, which is neither beneficial to […]

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