It was Cauliflowers wot dun it.

[DimPrawn]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61F32J20100216

Used in that staple of British cuisine, cauliflower cheese, the vegetable had a "large upward effect" on the main inflation rate which rose to 3.5 percent last month, its highest since November 2008, according to official statisticians.



And statisticians get paid to make this tulip up?

[doodab]

And statisticians get paid to make this tulip up?

No they get paid to measure it as accurately as possible.

[DimPrawn]

So the major item that pushed inflation up was the cauliflower?

Well, if I miss out on cauliflower cheese I should be safe from the ravages of inflation. I'll just stick the unusual stuff people don't buy like fuel, clothes, etc.

Thank god for government funded statisticians.

[TimberWolf]

The pretence that we aren't going to hyper inflate is wearing a bit thin now (or equivalently that we are going to get deflation). How long before we can move on to the next stage: "inflation is good for us"?

[Scary]

Weren't carrots down?

How about carrot cheese?

[DimPrawn]

Weren't carrots down?

How about carrot cheese?

No carrots were up.

Long haul flights were down.

So swap the vegetable stew for an luxury holiday in Australia and you'll be fine.

Gotta love Labour and their spin on everything.

[Scary]

Ah, cucumbers then, cucumber cheese.

[thunderlizard]

Is it too soon for the invention of "Valentine's Weekend" to have had an effect?

[TimberWolf]

Is it too soon for the invention of "Valentine's Weekend" to have had an effect?

Didn't the price of flowers go up on that weekend though?

[NickFitz]

So the major item that pushed inflation up was the cauliflower?

It doesn't say that anywhere in the story you linked to.