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  1. Apr 24, 2022 · Around 9 in 10 (87%) adults reported an increase in their cost of living over the previous month in March 2022 (16 to 27 March 2022), an increase of 25 percentage points compared with...

  2. Feb 23, 2024 · From bread to electricity, apples to petrol - living in the UK has very quickly become much more expensive. Find out more about what inflation is and how it affects the cost of living here.

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  3. Feb 14, 2024 · In the UK, prices of consumer goods and services rose by 9.6% in the year to October 2022 – the fastest rate in four decades. Since then the annual inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer...

    • Rising energy and petrol prices. Getty Images. Oil prices slumped at the start of the pandemic, but demand has rocketed back since, and have hit a seven-year high.
    • Goods shortages. Getty Images. Nike - and other companies - have raised prices due to supply chain costs. The price of many everyday consumer goods jumped during the pandemic.
    • Shipping costs. Getty Images. Global shipping companies - which move goods around the world - have been overwhelmed by surging demand after the pandemic.
    • Rising wages. Many people quit the workforce or changed jobs during the pandemic. In the US, April saw more than four million people quit their jobs, according to the Department of Labor - the biggest spike on record.
  4. Jul 11, 2024 · The cost of living increased sharply across the UK during 2021 and 2022, affecting the affordability of goods and services bought by households. The annual rate of inflation peaked at 11.1% in October 2022, a 41-year high, before subsequently easing over the subsequent 18 months.

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  5. Jul 13, 2023 · A surprising effect of high living cost. How the cost-of-living crisis is fuelling job quits. 13 July 2023. Alex Christian. Features correspondent. Rising prices and interest rates are...

  6. Sep 21, 2022 · Here are some of the human impacts of the cost of living crisis - and what countries are doing to help. The economic impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are rippling out across the globe in a cost of living crisis that’s pushing millions more people into poverty.

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