Beyond the average: patterns in UK price data at the micro level

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Wed, 17/01/2024 - 20:00
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Wed, 17/01/2024 - 20:00
Lennart Brandt, Natalie Burr and Krisztian Gado The Bank of England has a 2% annual inflation rate target in the ONS’ consumer prices index. But looking at its 700 item categories, we find that very few prices ever change by 2%. In fact, on a month-on-month basis, only about one fifth of prices change at … Continue reading Beyond the average: patterns in UK price data at the micro level