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    Near the edge

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6171617.stm

    UK inflation has accelerated to its highest level for almost a decade in November, increasing the chances of an interest rate rise early in 2007.
    November's Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped to 2.7%, from 2.4%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The monthly rate of inflation was 0.3%.

    The RPI rate, which includes mortgage payments, rose to 3.9%.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6149830.stm

    UK unemployment is continuing to rise - climbing by 27,000 to 1.71 million in the three months to September, the highest level in seven years.

    London: 8%
    North East: 6.9%
    West Mids: 6.1%
    Yorks/Humber: 6%
    North West: 5.6%
    Wales: 5.4%
    East Mids: 5.3%
    Scotland: 5%
    East: 5%
    N Ireland: 4.7%
    South East: 4.5%
    South West: 3.9%

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6168315.stm

    House prices in the UK fell slightly in October, says the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG).
    Average prices dropped by 0.3% from September to £197,987, it said.


    Are we right on the cusp of oblivion?

    #2
    Originally posted by DimPrawn
    Are we right on the cusp of oblivion?
    I only wish I could afford to live there
    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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      #3
      "But with headline inflation continuing to rise, the MPC will keep a close eye on turn-of-the-year wage settlements."
      So can we take it from this that the 66% rise requested by many MPs may have to be revised down then?
      “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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        #4
        Is wage inflation driving the figures....most increases seem to be in utilities, raw materials etc
        How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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          #5
          Where's AtW
          I'm alright Jack

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            #6
            Originally posted by BlasterBates
            Where's AtW
            Working as a prostitute in Ipswich?
            “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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              #7
              Well if AtW isn't there who's going to take the anti-house standpoint.
              I'm alright Jack

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