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Personal inflation calculator: what is your inflation rate?

As the cost of living continues to rise, find out how much inflation could affect your personal finances

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‘Volatility vortex’ slams into $24tn US government bond market

Key measure of turbulence in Treasuries reaches highest level since 2020 coronavirus crisis

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A history and defence of opinion polling

Strength In Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them. By G. Elliott Morris. W.W. Norton; 224 pages; $28.95 and £21.99 In the 1920s, George Gallup sought to expand the circulation of his student newspaper. To gain readers’ attention, he published a mis

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China growth to fall behind rest of Asia for first time since 1990

World Bank is latest financial institution to slash Chinese economic forecast

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