FILE – A woman walks with purchases past a store in Berlin, DEU, Friday, April 1, 2022InternationalIndiaAfricaJames TweedieThe dual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis caused by sanctions on Russia have rattled consumer confidence and sent inflation soaring — prompting a wave of strikes over pay that have further hit the retail […]
Shoppers buy food in a supermarket in LondonInternationalIndiaAfricaUK food inflation reached its highest level in more than 45 years in February this year, as consumer prices spiked by 10.4 percent. The country’s Office for National Statistics singled out particular increases of costs of some vegetable items, partly because of shortages, resulting in some supermarkets introducing […]