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Trump faces surging inflation report, fueled by Iran conflict - The Washington Post

Trump faces surging inflation report, fueled by Iran conflict  The Washington Post US inflation tripled last month on record spike in gas prices  CNN Opinion | Why the Scary Inflation Numbers Might Not Be Quite So Scary as They Seem  The New York Times Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart  CNBC US consumer inflation hot in March amid record surge in gasoline prices  Reuters

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Stock Market Today: Dow Wavers Ahead Of CPI Inflation Data; Nvidia Chipmaker TSMC Jumps (Live Coverage) - Investor's Business Daily

Stock Market Today: Dow Wavers Ahead Of CPI Inflation Data; Nvidia Chipmaker TSMC Jumps (Live Coverage)  Investor's Business Daily S&P 500 futures tick higher Friday with benchmark wrapping up big week from fragile Iran ceasefire: Live updates  CNBC US Stocks’ Seven-Day Rally Stalls Ahead of CPI, US-Iran Talks  Bloomberg.com Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures stall with Strait of Hormuz still blocked ahead of peace talks  Yahoo Finance Stock Market News, April 9, 2026: Dow Turns Hi

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Wall Street’s fear gauge just flashed an unusual signal that could carry the S&P 500 to 7,400 within months - MarketWatch

Wall Street’s fear gauge just flashed an unusual signal that could carry the S&P 500 to 7,400 within months  MarketWatch Wall Street Fear Index Signals Calm Ahead of Inflation Report  Barron's The VIX Just Broke Under 20. Here’s What That Really Means.  Barchart.com VIX falls below 20 for the first time since the conflict began in the Middle East  Seeking Alpha CBOE Volatility Index Falls Pre-Bell Ahead of CPI as Iran-US Truce Holds Before Talks in Pakistan  marketscreener.com

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Not just about Gaza: the Muslim voters turning from Labour to the Greens

Campaigning in Newcastle before next month’s local elections shows the rise of the far right, the climate and cost of living are concerning voters as much as the Middle East Mohammed Suleman, a self-described “straight-talking Geordie”, doesn’t love politics. The taxi driver and businessman prefers to focus on community initiatives. But when the time came, he voted Labour as the lesser of two evils. Then came the war in Gaza. Continue reading...

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Inflation was cooling. Now the Iran war could push it back to 2024 levels. - CBS News

Inflation was cooling. Now the Iran war could push it back to 2024 levels.  CBS News Core inflation was 3% in February, as expected, key Fed gauge shows  CNBC US PCE inflation picks up in February; consumer spending solid  Reuters How the Iran war affects Americans' inflation expectations  Axios Inflation stayed heated in February, keeping Fed's interest rate stance on hold  Yahoo Finance

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Cost of living and mental health crisis driving mass animal rescues, says RSPCA

Charity says it dealt with 75 incidents last year involving 100 or more animals living in one property The cost of living crisis and an increase in people experiencing mental health difficulties have led to a rising number of multi-animal rescues in England and Wales, an RSPCA superintendent has said. The animal charity this week had to confirm that a shocking photograph of more than 250 poodle-cross dogs found at a property in the UK was not faked with artificial intelligence. The RSPCA took in

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Matt Canavan’s ‘economic revolution’ is little more than a populist mirage – and Australians would pay the price | Patrick Commins

Nationals leader’s solution to the high cost of living is to force us to buy more expensive, locally made goods Matt Canavan’s “economic revolution” is a populist mirage masquerading as an answer to a generational challenge that will define our prosperity in the decades to come. That challenge is: how do we create a new economy that is more resilient, secure and affordable, without undermining our prosperity? Patrick Commins is Guardian Australia’s economics editor Continue reading...

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British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay

Union rejected 4.9% pay rise for resident doctors, who are on six-day strike, but its own staff were offered 2.75% The British Medical Association has been accused of the “height of hypocrisy” for offering its own staff below-inflation pay rises while demanding a 26% increase for resident doctors. Tens of thousands of medics walked out of the NHS in England on Tuesday, the 15th time they have staged industrial action since March 2023 in their campaign for “full pay restoration”. Continue readin

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US: Short-Term Inflation Expectations Increase as Gas Price Growth Expectations Spike - Forex Factory

US: Short-Term Inflation Expectations Increase as Gas Price Growth Expectations Spike  Forex Factory Inflation Expectations Jump With Iran War, Fed Survey Finds  Bloomberg.com The inflationary effects of war  marketplace.org A third inflationary shock in less than a decade is coming: who will pay the price this time around? | Aditya Chakrabortty  The Guardian How big an impact will the war have on US inflation?  Financial Times

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Iceland chain offers job to man sacked by Waitrose after confronting shoplifter

Lord Richard Walker, Iceland’s chair, says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500 Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar, who is the chair of Iceland, has offered a job to a worker who was sacked from Waitrose after trying to stop a shoplifter. Waitrose faced public outcry over its treatment of Walker Smith, who was fired two days after he stopped the shoplifter taking items from the Easter egg display, including Lindt chocolate bunnies. Continue reading...

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UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6%

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflict UK politics live – latest updates The interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, the Department for Education has announced. Graduates with plan 2 loans currently pay interest rates based on the retail price index (RPI) measure of inflation, plus up to 3% based on their earnings. Current students on plan 2 and plan 3 loans attract an interest rate

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Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners

Figures suggest if £500,000 limit set for Great Britain 30 years ago was adjusted for inflation the maximum would be more than £1m A 30-year freeze on compensation for victims of crime should be lifted, campaigners have said, adding that the maximum of £500,000 is insufficient to plan for a lifetime. The current highest rate, set in April 1996 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), is paid to victims of crime in England, Scotland and Wales who have suffered severe life-changing

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Iran war driving up funeral costs in the UK

Average traditional funeral now costs £4,623, up 1.3% since January, says report from Pure Cremation The war in Iran is pushing up the cost of living in the UK but it is also driving up the “cost of dying” as higher gas prices feed through to funerals. A report has found the average cost of a funeral in Britain is running ahead of inflation, with the war seemingly partly to blame as it has pushed up the price of gas used in crematoriums. Continue reading...

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Chancellor meets UK supermarket bosses to discuss cost of living

Rachel Reeves will address concerns about price rises and shortages with retailers as energy costs surge The bosses of the UK’s biggest supermarkets are to meet the chancellor on Wednesday as the government seeks to gauge the extent of potential price rises and shortages of household essentials amid a surge in energy, fuel and fertiliser costs. Rachel Reeves is meeting the bosses of Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons as concerns rise about the potential impact on the cost of living – including hig

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Nigel Farage’s biggest problem? Donald Trump

Nearly a quarter of voters site the Reform leader’s support for the US president as the primary reason for not voting for his party By day 31 of the war in the Middle East, Nigel Farage had become somewhat less vocal about the closeness of his relationship with Donald Trump. “Trying to read what’s really in the minds of people in the White House right at the moment is a mug’s game,” said the MP, as he unveiled his party’s latest “pledge” to cut the cost of living on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Food price rises unlikely before summer, says boss of Sainsbury’s

Simon Roberts says Easter shop will be unaffected by Middle East conflict, but industry warns prices may rise this year Shoppers will not see food prices rise until at least the summer and Easter will be unaffected by conflict in the Middle East, the boss of Sainsbury’s has said, despite fears of an inflation spike. Simon Roberts said it was “too early” to say whether and when food price inflation related to higher commodity costs would hit supermarket shelves and that the UK’s second-largest su

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