Lessons from the 70s: How UK assets fared the last inflation 'boom'

Returns on £100 varies over the years

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The current backdrop of rampant inflation, soaring energy prices driven by geopolitical tensions, and impending recession has provoked much talk of the parallels with the UK’s last big inflationary crisis, in the 1970s.

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