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Making the best of the hard times coming

YOUR MONEY: By Naomi Caine

Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned that inflation could rise sharply in the second half of the year, to above 4%. He also expects inflation to stay "markedly" above the 2% target until "well into 2009".