The gap between expected and actual inflation has been wide and persistent, making it difficult to anticipate when and how inflation will hit portfolios. For investors, this uncertainty underscores ...

When prices creep upward, each unit of currency you hold loses purchasing power. If your investments don’t at least keep pace with inflation, you’re effectively losing ground. That’s why many ...

Price rises slowed last month across a range of everyday groceries, including cheese, pasta and breakfast cereals, which helped the UK’s overall rate of inflation drop to its lowest level since May.

Households can lose spending power if they suffer job losses during recessions or when the cost of living rises at times of high inflation. One way to assess the historical roles these two factors ...