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Inflation - The Changing CPI Basket

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AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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This short video looks at changes to the consumer price index which is used to calculate the annual rate of inflation for the UK economy. In 2015-16, coffee pods and music downloads were added but nightclubs and cooked slice turkey was discarded?

The changing consumer price index basket
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