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Wave of shipping inflation could complicate rate cuts, economists warn

Rise in freight costs could drive up the price of goods, slowing progress on disinflation
experts see little immediate prospect of shipping costs easing, given ongoing tensions in the Red Sea

Investors are underestimating the risk that surging shipping costs will push up inflation and slow the pace of interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank and Bank of England, economists have warned.

The cost of moving a 40ft container between Asia and northern Europe at short notice has more than doubled since April from $3,223 to $8,461, according to shipping data specialists Xeneta, following an intensification of Houthi rebel attacks on ships travelling through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal.

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