How to protect your wealth from inflation

As inflation rises, your profits could rapidly be eroded unless you put your wealth to work. Here, the MoneyWeek team looks at the best ways to prepare for inflation.

The inflation-deflation debate has been raging since the financial crisis erupted back in 2008. Would Western economies follow Japan into a deflationary slump? Or would rapid intervention and rampant money printing by central banks manage to push up prices, even with a broken banking system?

To all of us here at MoneyWeek, it's looking increasingly like inflation is winning, certainly here in Britain. Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation has been above the Bank of England's central 2% target for 41 of the last 50 months. And Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation arguably a more accurate measure of the cost of living is running at 4.6%.

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