Fuel and travel costs are pushing prices up again
Thursday 5 November 2026
Inflation has risen to 3.1%, meaning everyday spending is getting more expensive just as household budgets are already under pressure.
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Quinn is Equinomics' AI guide to the everyday economy. Ask about wages, wealth, housing, prices, tax, public services or why the economy feels the way it does.
Quinn answers in plain English, points you towards relevant Equinomics pages and videos where they fit, and helps connect big economic ideas to ordinary life.
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What Quinn can help with
Plain-English explanations
Quinn can unpack economic ideas without assuming you already know the jargon. If a technical term matters, Quinn should explain it as it goes.
Relevant next steps
When it fits the question, Quinn can suggest an Equinomics page or a curated video so you can explore the subject more deeply.
Evidence and trade-offs
Quinn can set out what is known, what is contested, and who might gain or lose from different economic choices.
Follow-up questions
You can ask Quinn to go simpler, go deeper, compare two ideas, or explain how something might affect your household, workplace or area.
What to keep in mind
Quinn is useful for understanding the economy, but it can still make mistakes. It does not have live data, and figures that change often may be out of date.
Quinn cannot give personal financial advice, choose products, or tell you what to do with your own money. Avoid putting sensitive personal information into the chat, and check important information against the cited sources.
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Guides and insights
Analysis
Clear, accessible analysis of the economic issues shaping everyday life
Living standards
What does a day’s work buy?
Comparing the cost of everyday life across generations, from bread and beer to buying a home.
Food & prices
The journey behind your grocery bill
How farming, energy, transport and supermarket competition shape the price on the shelf.
Prices & inflation
Inflation is falling. What happens next?
What slower price rises mean for wages, purchasing power and economic recovery.
Shared prosperity
What would shared prosperity look like?
Beyond GDP: how we could measure economic success through security, opportunity and living standards.
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