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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7397850.stm

    UK consumer inflation reached its highest level in 13 months driven by high food and fuel costs, according to the Office for National Statistics.

    The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) hit 3% on a yearly basis in April, up from 2.5% in March. The monthly rate was 0.8%, the biggest leap since May 2001.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7397788.stm

    Mortgage lending to home buyers has hit its lowest level for 33 years, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7397579.stm

    The number of UK surveyors reporting falls in property prices has risen for the ninth month in a row.

    In the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), 95.1% more surveyors saw house prices fall than rise in April.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7396982.stm

    Sales on UK High Streets fell for the second month in a row in April, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

    Like-for-like sales fell 1.5% in April compared with the same month of 2007.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7395706.stm

    UK factory gate prices and producers' costs rose at a record pace in April, official figures showed.

    The Office for National Statistics said that output prices for sales of manufactured products rose at a rate of 7.5% in the year to April.

    Input prices rose 23.3% over the year. Input and output prices are at their highest since records began in 1986.




    NOT!


    #2
    Great news for the majority of the UK population looking for cheap houses:

    Carol Flint reports on positive news for housing prices

    Everything looks hunky dory.
    I'm alright Jack

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      #3
      Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
      Great news for the majority of the UK population looking for cheap houses:

      Carol Flint reports on positive news for housing prices

      Everything looks hunky dory.
      Caroline Flint! Phhooooaaaarrrrrrr!
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        UK factory gate prices and producers' costs rose at a record pace in April, official figures showed.

        The Office for National Statistics said that output prices for sales of manufactured products rose at a rate of 7.5% in the year to April.

        Input prices rose 23.3% over the year. Input and output prices are at their highest since records began in 1986.
        Nah, that must be all wrong. I heard on the radio only this morning the official inflation rate has crept up an alarming 0.1% to 2.6%

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