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Deflation? For whom?

carolt · 2009-03-24 09:03:17

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01369/2103_Real_cost_1369124a.pdf Excellent table here, published 19 March 2009 in the Telegraph, that shows exactly what is going down in price - and what isn't. It's interesting that - with the exception of petrol costs, which will affect most people - provided they…

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sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite

25 March 2009 at 1:45AM

Dope those pictures are going to send someone blind if they try and read them that small, try a res of at least 1600x1200

sdooley wrote: »

Originally Posted by StevieJ
Any substantial increase in inflation should act as a support for house prices :cool:

The debt will also cost less (in real money) to repay.

But what about variable interest rates. I think a fixed rate for as long as possible has to be the most obvious decision right now

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