How protests against inequality could affect the housing market

Realmoney_2

lisyloo wrote: »

Mathematically I think it's about 0.76% off CPI.
Not all the goods in the CPI basket include VAT.
However some items in the basket will be going up at the same time - for example gas electricity which have quite a high weighting (15% I think).

It is very carefully group of selected goods to keep people from the truth.

You could choose any group of goods to make any figures you want.

Really2

Flight2quality wrote: »

How protests against inequality could affect the housing market

Harrods and Poundland both reported record results this week.
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M&S did well this year.
BskyB did well also

Does that mean the mega rich are doing more middle class shopping and taking out multi room in every room?

Discount Supermarket Aldi posted a Loss?

Could this be a reflection of how they are run, and not the economy?

CLAPTON

Realmoney wrote: »

It is very carefully group of selected goods to keep people from the truth.

You could choose any group of goods to make any figures you want.

a couple of years ago the Telegraph constructed it's own 'real' basket of goods because obviously the Labour was was being manipulated by politicians and so under-estimated the actual rate.

For many months the telegraph one did indeed show that the 'real' rate was a lot higher than the Government one.

However after a year or so the telegraph one started to slip to being lower that the government one.

so believe whatever you want and maybe construct your own .. then you could publish it here once and month and see how it compares

Flight2quality

CLAPTON wrote: »

a couple of years ago the Telegraph constructed it's own 'real' basket of goods because obviously the Labour was was being manipulated by politicians and so under-estimated the actual rate.

For many months the telegraph one did indeed show that the 'real' rate was a lot higher than the Government one.

However after a year or so the telegraph one started to slip to being lower that the government one.

so believe whatever you want and maybe construct your own .. then you could publish it here once and month and see how it compares

The only way to measure is stuff with stuff. How many ounces of silver or barrels of oil does it take to buy something else compared with long term charts.

Going4TheDream

Flight2quality wrote: »

The only way to measure is stuff with stuff. How many ounces of silver or barrels of oil does it take to buy something else compared with long term charts.

Perhaps you are correct to a point but surely the average person in the street wants to see how much things they buy regularly, food, milk petrol, etc cost month on month in currency they understand.

My friend is a single working mum living on 30hrs a week low wages, no support from the dad, paying a mortgage, child care after school and in the school holidays and is struggling like heck, she wouldn't give a fig how much silver or oil it would cost to buy a loaf compared to 2 years ago, she is interested in £'s and pence this month and last month and trying to gauge what it will cost her next month and what or where she can cut back to keep a roof over her and her young daughters head and food on the table.