Inflation

Bond market slowly begins to catch up with demand

UK inflation rises 0.1% in July to beat forecasts

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate edged up to 0.1% in July, the sixth successive month it has been at or around zero.

The UK's inflation rate fell back to zero last month, down from 0.1% in May, as the prices of clothing, fuel and food all fell.

Caffyns has removed almost £9m of defined benefit (DB) pension liabilities from its scheme after switching its pension payments to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).

Expectations that low oil prices could trigger a period of deflation have been met after the consumer prices index (CPI) weakened to -0.1% for the year to April 2015.

Sterling has fallen after the Bank of England downgraded its growth forecasts for the UK economy while indicating it could start to raise interest rates in mid-2016.

Professional Pensions looks at the impact of falling inflation over the last year

Sarah Brown explains why falling prices don't necessarily mean falling liabilities

The burden on companies of plugging defined benefit (DB) pension scheme deficits may be hurting business investment, according to the Bank of England (BoE).