Over the last six months inflation has started to take a hold on the world economy. This has been brought on by issues with supply chains, the pandemic, and exasperated by the war in Ukraine.
We have seen UK inflation rise to 9.1%. Food and fuel are the main contributors, but when you consider a large amount of freight passed through Russia via rail from China, you can see why shipping costs have increased and low value items are finding it hard to get passage to the west.
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