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By: Kevin Ferriter

Kevin Ferriter is chief economist at think tank Labour Together

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  • Don’t be fooled by data quirks, sky high interest rates are hurting Brits

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    Higher interest rates are good news for some, but we should not let that distract from the overwhelming reality, writes Kevin Ferriter.

    "Although the fall in headline inflation is very good news, it is not informative about what we really care about: what we really care about is the persistent and the underlying inflation," Haskel told the Financial Times.

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