Consumer Prices & Producer Prices (Feb.)

With inflation hitting zero in February, the UK is on the cusp of deflation. But a brief period of gently falling prices driven by lower energy prices is nothing to be feared – in the UK, at least, deflation will be a good thing for the economy.

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