Real incomes in UK to be hit by ’historic shock’ worse than any year in 1970s

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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned on Monday that real incomes in Britain are set to be hammered by an economic shock from soaring energy prices bigger than in any single year in the 1970s oil crisis

“The shock from energy prices this year will be larger than every single year in the 1970s.”

 

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