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Rubbish Talk rates NPR's claim that the CBO puts the Iran war's price tag at $38 billion and says it's "driving up inflation" a 2/10 because both figures match the CBO's own numbers almost exactly, with the article supplying the caveats the headline compresses.

Rubbish Talk rates CNBC's claim that the Iran war has cost households "$1,700" a 3/10 because Moody's Analytics' own figure, cited in the same article, is actually $1,760, a headline that rounds down the number it's built on.

Rubbish Talk rates ABC News's claim that UK inflation is "pressuring the Bank of England to raise rates" a 7/10 because the Bank is widely expected to hold rates the very next day, and the ABC article's own quoted economist says the data is "unlikely to trigger a rate hike tomorrow."

Rubbish Talk rates BBC's claim that petrol and diesel price rises pushed UK inflation higher a 1/10 because the ONS confirms CPI accelerated to 3.1% from 2.9%, with motor fuel prices up 23% year-on-year as the named driver.

Rubbish Talk rates the Guardian's claim that UK inflation hit 3.1% "as motor fuel prices jump by almost a quarter" a 2/10 because the ONS itself named the 23% fuel-price rise as the direct driver of the headline figure, and the reading matched City forecasts exactly.