Chief economist Huw Pill says workers and firms should stop trying to pass on rising costs by hiking prices or demanding better wages

British households and businesses “need to accept” they are poorer and stop seeking pay increases and pushing prices higher, the Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill has said.

Pill said a game of ‘pass the parcel’ is taking place in the economy – as households and companies try to pass on their higher costs.

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