Inflation hits double digits for the first time since 1982: How does today compare to 40 years ago?
Published 8/19/2022
Inflation is up again with CPI now measured at 10.1 per cent, the highest since February 1982, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister. How does this bout of inflation compare to then?Lee Boyce, Helen Crane and Georgie Frost discuss the higher than forecast inflation rate and what is driving…