<p>Recent high inflation has affected pensioner households more severely than non-pensioners. The oldest, poorest pensioner households now have an average inflation rate of 9% compared to 5.4% for non-pensioners, according to new research published by IFS.</p>
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Andrew Leicester
Head of Data Services
Zoe is Head of Data Services. She joined the IFS in 1998 as a researcher and moved into Data Services in 2011.
Research Associate Yale University
Cormac is a Research Associate of the IFS, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale University and Research Fellow at the NBER.
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