Labour Research (October 2002)

Pay and prices

Lower clothes prices reduce RPI

Inflation fell to 1.4% in August. The price of clothes and shoes were the main reason for the slide, according to National Statistics.

The underlying rate, which excludes mortgage interest payments, also fell to 1.9%.


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