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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 10th November 2021
5. The Bank of England and the Treasury are to launch a formal consultation on a UK central bank digital currency.
This evaluation of the design and possible benefits a new kind of digital money is a further step towards its possible creation.
4. Shares in electric vehicle firm Rivian are set to start trading in New York today, after raising about $10.5bn (£7.75bn) from investors.
That would make it the largest share flotation for a US company since Facebook's initial public offering (IPO) in 2012.
3. UK property remains a sellers' market, according to property portal Rightmove, with Grays in Essex named as the top spot for vendors.
It said eight in 10 properties listed for sale on the website in the area have already had offers accepted.
2. Food prices are rising at their fastest pace since August 2020, figures from data firm Kantar suggest, as supply chain disruption continues.
Grocery inflation rose to 2.1% in October - the highest rate since last year, when retailers were cutting promotions amid the Covid pandemic.
1. Boris Johnson is set to return to the Cop26 climate summit for “transport day”, today where a series of announcements on low carbon travel are due to be made.
Thirty countries have also agreed to work together to make zero emissions vehicles the new normal including new heavy goods vehicles sold in the UK required to be zero emitting by 2040.
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