Posts by Phil Gooding

Made to measure: how we estimate inflation across the UK

Categories: ONS
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As the world continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising prices have put inflation back in the news again. As Philip Gooding explains, ONS prices data are based on tried and tested methods, internationally-recognised standards and a great deal of up-to-date intelligence on real world price movements.   

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Basket of Goods 2019 – measuring inflation and tracking changing consumer trends

Categories: Data, Economy, Office for National Statistics, ONS

It’s that time of year when the ONS updates its famous ‘Basket of Goods and Services’. This time around there’s some notable additions and removals, which once again help to underline changing consumer purchasing behaviour.

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