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Will UK PM Gordon Brown impose price controls on energy companies by the end of 2008?
Current forecast: 7% chance 
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 7% likely to happen (down 1% in last 1 day)
Energy prices the stalking horse for the UK PM. Recent rises in energy prices have pushed inflation to 16 year high. As the recession and credit crisis begins to bite for the majority of UK population, the PM will come under intense pressure to reduce energy costs going into UK winter.
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score: 10
China Post 16 hours ago
TWN, AFP BEIJING -- China?s top economic planning agency Monday removed price controls on grain and other food products that were imposed early this year when inflation was a bigger concern. Caps on the prices of grain, edible oil, meat, dairy products
score: 10
Motley Fool UK 4 days ago
After a year of horrible price hikes, there are rumours that energy costs could soon be coming down. But are our gas and electricity bills likely to fall? And if so, how soon -- and how far? This article was first sent
score: 10
BBC 1 week ago
said what you quoted. I do other stuff. But, yeah. You've got a real point with that energy thing. I've read stuff on some recent innovations and costs and if we're lucky the energy crisis probably isn't. Plus, if Africa gets its ass in gear
score: 10
The Times 1 week ago
16. The 2.8 per cent drop in producer prices in October, triggered by the collapse of global energy prices, was bigger than Wall Street had expected. It also validates the measures by the Fed, which recently dramatically cut the cost of borrowing. Before
score: 10
Wall Street Journal Online 2 weeks ago
years. One of the main surprises was the weakness of core inflation pressures. The core CPI, excluding food, energy and alcoholic beverages and tobacco, was flat on the month and up 1.9% on the year. Economists had forecast it would be up 2.2% on the
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