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Is inflation back for good?

Prices are rising around the world, should we be worried?

Some of the world’s biggest economies are starting to see the return of inflation after a long period of low prices and low interest rates. Central bankers seem pretty calm so far, but some economists are getting jittery. We’ll find out why prices are rising and what can be done to steady the global economic ship. As the EU announces dramatic plans to curb climate change we ask what more financial institutions can do to play their part.
We’ll hear how the fight against HIV/AIDS has progressed in the 40 years since it was first described in a medical journal.
With the Olympics just around the corner could shoes worn by some athletes be giving them an unfair advantage? We’ll be looking at so-called ‘mechanical doping’.
Plus, reporting from the garden of England, our reporter looks at the company developing new varieties of strawberries.
Business Weekly is produced by Clare Williamson and presented by Lucy Burton.
(Image: A gas station attendant fills a car in Peshawar, Pakistan, Image Credit: European Pressphoto Agency)

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