Rate of inflation

[dilligaf]

How do the government decide the rate of inflation is 2 percent?

Over the past year petrol, oil, council tax, gas, electricity train,and bus fares have risen "above the rate of inflation"
If this is the case the overall rate of inflation should be far higher than the government tell us,or is it going to be kept at a low where all increases are as stated "above the rate"

Perhaps George Orwell told the truth when writing 1984
saying all the people are brainwashed by the government?

Hello, is that the thought police knocking on my door?

[dzug]

Well food and clothing prices have been remarkably static and some even falling which will counteract some of the stated increases.

Somewhere (and I can't be bothered to look for it for you) there will be a web site that tells you how the index is calculated - what prices go into it and with what weighting.

Somewhere on http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ I would guess

[WoWo]

Yep you are correct it's all one big fiddle.

The government have the abillity to add and remove things from the list as they fancy basically.

Check the main forum section of this site out, not directly related but the guys over there will be able to give you the full rundown

www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum