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Levels isnt yet hitting home. The energy bills should be coming down by now. Not from what ive seen. They keep putting the standard charge for electricity up and gas. But it doesnt feel like. The cost to go out for the day and eating and drink seems to be going up as well. Sometimes ijust dont even, like, pay for my wi fi because i cant, so we have to go without. Everything isjustl going up, isnt it . Everything. And you dont think that thats starting to calm down or stabilise . Anything you can see in your own bills . Maybe our gas and electric is i slightly better than it was or not as bad as it was getting, but apart from that, no, not really. The latest figures show food costs and prices in cafes and restaurants helping Drive Inflation down to 3. 1i last month the lowest level for two and a half years, well down on its 11 peak. From here, the Headline Rate of inflation is likely to fall below 2 , thats the governments target, driven by those falls in Energy Prices next month. But w
Is on the road to recovery. Joining me now is kathleen brooks, Research Director at the stockbrokers xtb. No great surprise the bank didnt decide to make a move on rates. The forecast is still later in the year but it is interesting when we look at how those members of the mpc voted, we get a sense of what could happen next. Voted, we get a sense of what could happen next happen next. Absolutely, the two members that happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for a happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for a hike i happen next. Absolutely, the two | members that voted for a hike last month and for the last five months before all the other members, or most of the other members, were voting to remain on hold, they moved to the other side so they are no longer looking for rate hikes, so that has made the path to cuts much easier on the market has made a huge s