The energy price threat to the UK economy

Higher energy prices remain a significant threat to the UK economy. This is despite the fact that growth and inflation have appeared to be largely unscathed from recent rises in oil and wholesale gas prices to record highs. What’s more, in contrast to conventional thinking, the true danger may no longer come from the oil price, but from the wholesale gas price.

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