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",{"type":18,"content":817},[818],{"text":819,"type":22},"This has led to an increase in prices for many popular consumer goods. ",{"type":18,"content":821},[822],{"text":823,"type":22},"However, the sharpest increase in inflation has been triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent decision by many governments around the world to stop using Russian oil. ",{"type":18,"content":825},[826],{"text":827,"type":22},"Due to the added costs of finding new energy sources from elsewhere, using oil has become much more expensive.  ","article-paragraph",{"_uid":830,"text":831,"component":762},"064f2346-a97e-4d8f-93ba-95fdb5e717d1","What are the effects of inflation? ",{"_uid":833,"text":834,"component":828},"7f0918a1-fe94-47ee-b082-f08477985635",{"type":15,"content":835},[836,840,844,848,852,856,860],{"type":18,"content":837},[838],{"text":839,"type":22},"Inflation has an immediate impact on both households and businesses. ",{"type":18,"content":841},[842],{"text":843,"type":22},"With people having to spend more on their daily essentials, it becomes harder and harder for people to maintain their current living standards. ",{"type":18,"content":845},[846],{"text":847,"type":22},"Inflation also affects people’s finances in that, as inflation increases, interest rates may also rise, meaning that people will have to pay back more on their mortgages and loans.  ",{"type":18,"content":849},[850],{"text":851,"type":22},"Inflation is also bad news for savers. With consumer goods and mortgages suddenly becoming more expensive, the money you’ve saved won’t be worth as much as it was when you started saving. ",{"type":18,"content":853},[854],{"text":855,"type":22},"In real time, inflation erodes your cash savings and can make it harder to reach your financial goals.  ",{"type":18,"content":857},[858],{"text":859,"type":22},"The same impacts are felt by businesses too. 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",{"type":18,"content":897},[898],{"text":899,"type":22},"Both taking place just after world wars, these inflationary periods were triggered by the rapid ending of wartime restrictions, such as rationing, price controls and the overwhelming level of consumer demand that rushed into the economy. ",{"type":18,"content":901},[902,904,910],{"text":903,"type":22},"In 1920, the inflation rate hit ",{"text":905,"type":22,"marks":906},"15.61 per cent",[907],{"type":31,"attrs":908},{"href":909,"uuid":34,"anchor":34,"target":885,"linktype":36},"https://www.in2013dollars.com/inflation-rate-in-1920",{"text":911,"type":22},", while in 1947, inflation topped 20 per cent.  ",{"type":18,"content":913},[914],{"text":915,"type":22},"While there’s little chance inflation will rise to these historic levels, the current inflation rate remains unusually high. ",{"type":18,"content":917},[918],{"text":919,"type":22},"Fortunately, it’s not expected to remain at these highs for a long period of time. 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