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Any Economists on Here?

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Okay, I've just been reading today about a drop in RPI and CPI inflation measures and the Government banging on about deflation.

Apart from interest on (tracker) mortgages which is included in the RPI figs (not in CPI) in my experience everything is going up in price i.e. food, fuel, er, motorcycles et al. With the UK importing just about everything we consume, and the pound devalued against overseas currencies, where are the Government finding prices dropping? I'd like to know.

So, are the Government fudging the figs like they've done to everything else or am I missing something here?
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