The effects of rising inflation in the UK
The UK ended 2021 with consumer prices rising by 5.4%, which then hit a 30-year high of 5.5% in January 2022 – the highest inflation rate since 1992.
For contrast, the previous rate was a mere 0.6% in December 2020, but the Consumer Price Index (CPI) charted a rapid increase over the following 12 to 13 months.
With inflation shooting past 4.8% in the winter of 2021, which hasn’t happened since the global financial crisis in 2008, there’s a lot of talk about a new ‘cost of living crisis’ for Britons.
But why is inflation continuing to increase, and what does it mean for you? Is it all bad news? Let’s take a look at the state of inflation in 2022 and how you can expect things to change.