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UK Economy - Inflation or Deflation?

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Inflation or deflation: which is it to be?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/mar/28/inflation-deflation-uk-economy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/mar/28/inflation-deflation-uk-economy
Which is heading our way? 25 votes
Inflation
92%
23 votes
Deflation
8%
2 votes
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I would suggest that we are experiencing/heading for a nasty combination of both: deflation in asset prices, including, but not restricted to land, commerical property and residential property; and inflation in consumer basics, especially food and fuel.Midas.0
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^^ as above :cool:0
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Thanks Midas, that's a great point and didn't think of it that way.
Holding NS&I Index Certs would be pointless in that situation then? Because although RPI might be bumped up by the inflationary pressures of food etc. it would still be kept low due to small interest rate payments (assuming interest rates would be kept artifically low).
i.e. CPI and RPIX would go up but not RPI
Is it possible to get exposure to CPI and RPI?0 -
As the Great Man himself wrote in a news paper article last week GET your postage stamps before the 1st of April because they are going up in price first class from 36p to 39p & second class from 27p to 30p. For those in DENIAL thats 8% & 11% rise respectively Inflation or what ?
:eek: :mad::whistle:
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Just_landed wrote: »As the Great Man himself wrote in a news paper article last week GET your postage stamps before the 1st of April because they are going up in price first class from 36p to 39p & second class from 27p to 30p. For those in DENIAL thats 8% & 11% rise respectively Inflation or what ?
:eek: :mad::whistle:
When was the price last raised?0 -
Just_landed wrote: »As the Great Man himself wrote in a news paper article last week GET your postage stamps before the 1st of April because they are going up in price first class from 36p to 39p & second class from 27p to 30p. For those in DENIAL thats 8% & 11% rise respectively Inflation or what ?
:eek: :mad::whistle:
:eek: thats just shocked meOh well we only live once ;-)0 -
Just_landed wrote: »As the Great Man himself wrote in a news paper article last week GET your postage stamps before the 1st of April because they are going up in price first class from 36p to 39p & second class from 27p to 30p. For those in DENIAL thats 8% & 11% rise respectively Inflation or what ?
:eek: :mad::whistle:
Glad to hear it. It might reduce my junk mail.0
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