favour over the past month. we ve seen sterling rise that will help temper the price pressures from imports. we ve also seen other pressures in the markets where they ve been raising some questions about the bank of england s credibility, as in mortgage rates going up without decisions being made that has all calmed down, too. and the public s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. so that s also going in the bank s favour. but a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5% the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. turning the tap. we are beginning to see the impact of that now we ve seen in the housing market, we ve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. so that all leads back to this balancing act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn it s a tight rope and we are probably approaching the m
as the difficult post covid recovery continues to weigh on demand. so that s the picture on the factory floor when it comes to what consumers are facing when buying goods and services the consumer price index was unchanged year on year, compared with a slight gain in may, the slowest pace since february 2021. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has just left beijing following a four day visit in an attempt to bridge us china trade relations. she told reporters just before leaving china that despite significant disagreements, the relationship between both countries was moving towards a surer footing. my my purpose is to make sure that we do not engage in a series of unintended escalatory actions. that will be harmful to our overall economic relationship. with one another. and we have had very little contact, both senior officials and also just the american people and the chinese people, have had very little contact with one another over the last several years. in part
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