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Higher inflation incoming

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Inflation warnings, building a pension pot and buying pension products - here's our weekly heads-up of articles in the weekend newspapers that may have caught your clients' attention...

How to protect your investment portfolio against inflation Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane warns that people and companies have a "dependency culture around cheap money" and that a threat of a quick increase in prices is "rising fast", reports the Financial Times. Speaking at the Institute for Government, Haldane emphasises the need for ideas outside of mainstream central bank thinking and highlights concerns about inflation in global markets. The outgoing chief economist reckons inflation will hit 4% by Christmas, double the Bank of England's target. He warns this cou...

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