LSE European Politics and Policy blog:
The Brexit vote has caused a significant rise in UK prices, especially food
6 November 2017
Article by Josh De Lyon, Swati Dhingra and Stephen Machin
Since Britain’s EU referendum, UK inflation has risen faster than that of the Eurozone. Price rises have varied across sectors, but as Josh De Lyon, Swati Dhingra, and Stephen Machin show, the rise in the growth rate of food prices has been particularly pronounced. As a result, real wage growth in the UK has again turned negative.
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In brief ... Brexit: the impact on prices Josh De Lyon, Swati Dhingra and Stephen Machin. Article in CentrePiece Volume 22, Issue 3, Autumn 2017 [http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/CentrePiece_22_3.pdf]