
Rising cost of sugar drives price of chocolate and fizzy drinks up
The rising cost of sugar and high manufacturing costs helped drive shop price inflation to a new high in March.
The rising cost of sugar and high manufacturing costs helped drive shop price inflation to a new high in March.
The highest food prices in nearly 45 years have been driving inflation, which triggered the central bank's decision to hike interest rates to 4.25%.
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and bail out of Credit Suisse were evidence higher interest rates can hurt banks and their customers, writes Joel Hills.