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CPI inflation in the UK turns negative

Geoff Riley

19th May 2015

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For the first time since 1960, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the year-on-year change in the consumer price index has turned negative.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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