Greedflation: Are companies profiteering from price of residing disaster?

Jun 02, 2023 at 4:13 AM
Greedflation: Are companies profiteering from price of residing disaster?

As meals inflation rises to 19.2%, its highest fee in 42 years, the European Central Bank has steered it may very well be all the way down to, partially, companies profiteering from the price of residing disaster by rising their costs for bigger margins, a time period often called “greedflation”.

But what’s the information behind the suggestion?

On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by our economics and information editor Ed Conway, who helps to make clear what greedflation is and the way this time period took place. He additionally shares information Sky News has calculated that breaks down what supermarkets spend their income on.

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