#68: Rising inflation and the cost of living crisis in the UK with Shaun Richards

<p>Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of London where he specialised in derivatives (mainly options) on interest-rates and bonds.</p> <p>Shaun has also worked in Tokyo. He is a Bank of England watcher which covers the issues of monetary policy and money printing or quantitative easing (QE). Shaun also traded as a local on the London International Financial Futures Exchange&nbsp;where he mostly traded futures and options on future and present UK interest rates.</p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>Why are we seeing a surge in inflation in the UK and globally?</li> <li>Why is inflation data inaccurate and often misleading?</li> <li>What will curb inflation: monetary &amp; fiscal policy</li> <li>How bad can it get?&nbsp;</li> <li>What will it take for the UK to recover from this cost of living crisis?</li> </ul> <p>Listen to previous interviews with Shaun Richards here: <a href="https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rLw1yAQyCsb">episode #47</a> and <a href="https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/5ch84n9yCsb">episode #29</a>.</p> <p>***</p>