SIX business leaders help our resident Ash-trologist, Business Editor Ashley Armstrong, predict the year ahead. This year’s focus will be on how quickly interest rates and inflation will come back down. 15 Ashley Armstrong has asked six business leaders to help predict the year ahead Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd. Economists think 2024 will finish with lower rates than the current 15-year high of 5.25 per cent. But the journey towards falling inflation has become a lot choppier since rebels in the Red Sea caused oil tankers and container ships to divert. Half of the world’s population will head to the polls this year, not just…
