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If Inflation is 3.2% then I am the Pope

If Inflation is 3.2% then I am the Pope

More like a 'deflation' of the figures

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Apr 17, 2024
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Imagine my amazement to find out that the Consumer Price Index (CPI - or CPLie as it will be called from here on) stands at 3.2% at the time of writing.

This ‘3.2%’ represents a 30 month low in inflation. YAY!! Go us!!

But all is not as it should be.

Ask many people on the streets of the UK and they will probably tell you:

  1. Food prices have increased by more…

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