2018 for consumers: price rises, volatile pound and interest rate hikes

After a year in which households faced a squeeze on incomes and rises in mortgage payments, here’s what to expect nextLooking back over the year that is gone, there were few signs of relief for the average household. The knock-on effects of the Brexit referendum resulted in price rises on everyday items from butter to electronics while the Bank of England increased interest rates for the first time in a decade, leaving the banks open to increase the mortgage repayments of homeowners.While