Why everything still costs so much - and there could be worse to come
Butter is becoming a luxury item. Rents have reached an all time high – just two examples of prices that seem to be constantly on the move upwards.
Good news for the hard-pressed consumer is in short supply – even as inflation has reduced to around 2 per cent.
And to add to the uncertainty, US president Donald Trump on Friday said he will impose a 50 per cent tariff on goods from the EU starting on June 1st.
In previous years, the government has sought to help households with a range of one-off payments and double allowances, but the mood music coming from Leinster House is that those days…
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