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• Is this deflation I see before me? Why prices are rising faster than the inflation rate

  I am not sure about you, but I sometimes have to go to the back numbers to make sense of the statistics that get thrown at me. I have been for some months a bit curious as to why the brightest brains (well some seriously well paid experts) among the UK... Posted Sep 15 2009, 12:44 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: deflation, inflation, interest rates, Mervyn King, Lehman Brothers, Bank of England, CPI

• Inflation fell more than expected in April

  The rate of inflation measured on the consumer prices index ( CPI ) fell sharply in April from 2.9% to 2.4%. This should be seen as good news for those operating in the housing market as a persistence of over target inflation may have hastened the time... Posted May 19 2009, 10:45 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, interest rates, quantitative easing, Bank of England, CPI