FAMILIES need at least 20% more to live here than their counterparts in the UK.

AVERAGE wages have increased by 3.5% in real terms during the last five years, latest figures have shown.

INFLATION is predicted to remain at a ‘comfortable’ level for the rest of the year.

TOWN firefighters have received an inflation-busting pay rise.

HIGHER inflation will be used by politicians in order to rein in the UK’s debt, according to leading investment manager Evan Salway.

INFLATION is on target, and the States’ chief economist said latest figures show a ‘reasonably’ healthy economy.

INFLATION is predicted to rise to 3.5% during the first quarter of 2010 from 2.9% at the end of December.

GUERNSEY’S economy has turned a corner with the return of inflation.

PUBLIC sector payroll costs rose by more than 7% last year despite attempts by the States to keep increases at or below the rise in the island’s cost of living.

GUERNSEY’S economy shows no sign of recovery, according to inflation figures released yesterday.