squeeze and these higher energy prices will of course be feeding through to what the bank of england s decision will be when it comes to rising interest rates next month, whether it will put those rights up because it is all adding to the pressures of inflation. adding to the pressures of inflation- adding to the pressures of inflation. ,, ., ,, inflation. susannah streeter in bristol, inflation. susannah streeter in bristol. we inflation. susannah streeter in bristol, we will inflation. susannah streeter in bristol, we will leave - inflation. susannah streeter in bristol, we will leave it - bristol, we will leave it there. a quick reminder of our top stories, african countries put on the red list because of this new covid variant. i will see you soon. hello. the first named storm of the season is approaching, and it s set to bring us some fairly disruptive weather over the next couple of days. storm arwen, as named by the met office, will be developing particularly later friday i
understand that a rush of demand, whether that will feed through to wages. never does, whether that starts the cycle of inflation. we inflation has picked up. it isn t a surprise that it has happened. in the past, the bank of england has tended to ignore short term rises inflation, which hasn t really fed through to wages, but when you get inflation of wages and you raise expectations of people, and there is the danger that this becomes more of a cycle, and we need to start thinking about inflation, particularly from the perspective of an investor. we know inflation is a danger for the long term investor. for retailers, they say you need to be more honest with customers. is that a real issue that if you are buying something online, it could be delayed, that retailers probably aren t being honest and upfront about that?