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21st April 2021, 09:03 | #1 |
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Price increases
It seems every way I turn prices have risen, sometimes 20%+. What’s going on? Our roof quote has risen by almost £1k from quote given last summer. My son says his building supplies have risen alarmingly causing him problems quoting customers. I fear for the poor people in this country, I can easily absorb these increases.
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21st April 2021, 09:41 | #2 |
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I don't understand how the CPI and RPI remain at around 1.0% when everyday items rise by 5-10%. As an example my rates have just risen by 12%, and the weekly food shop by 5%.
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Kev Sorry, really meant to point to the 80's and 15% interest rates and inflation hitting records highs (33% was it?). Kev Last edited by torque2me; 23rd April 2021 at 11:23.. Reason: Incorrect pointer for info |
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Now call me cynical, but I can't help feeling this is a way to keep the - supposed - inflation rate artificially low.
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21st April 2021, 13:12 | #5 |
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God yes - a time I would rather forget. Buying our first house I remember being relieved when I got a £5 a month pay rise and then before I had seen the first increase our mortgage went up £8 a month.
Talk about one step forward, two steps back Inflation was peaking at over 20% a year. And the BoE base rate was 11.25% in 1975 and was rarely less than double digit for the whole decade. From my experience, having lived through that decade, I think managing debt with a BoE base rate of 0.1% is an absolute breeze. As for price rises - commodities are sometimes difficult to get hold of. Lockdowns the world over is causing price hikes. Let’s not spin this into a political “hit job” - because the history of who was in power historically when the economy tanked is very much binary |
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Let’s not spin this into a political “hit job”
I totally agree with not making it political; but, yes, it wasn't easy with 20% + inflation. However, you also have to remember that salary increases were very much government controlled. I think it might have been called phase 1, 2, 3 & 4. The long and short of it was as an employee (like me) you had no alternative other than to change your job (employer) in order to get a half decent pay rise. As an employer, you had to restructure the business, to keep your skilled / experienced staff. I was fortunate to benefit from the later. Regards, Mike
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My son has a business installing bespoke bathrooms mostly involving small select new build developments of 5-6 bed 3-4 bath homes on the Norfolk Suffolk border he is fully committed until late 2022. It seems that post Covid a lot of people are leaving city centres in favour of a more rural location with big bucks to spend. |
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The reality just how serious the financial crisis of 1976 was is now quite well documented. Thankfully Callaghan went with the IMF loan and accepted the death of Keynesian economics |
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The "shopping basket" is based on what the average person buys. Most of us owing to our ages are not average and our spend is completely different to what say a 30 year old spends their money on. It is to the Government's advantage to have high inflation then the Government debt becomes less in real terms. |
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