The sharp rise in core inflation in June reported by today’s official consumer prices figures contrastswith timelier survey evidence suggesting that discounting on the high street has been particularlyintense over the traditional summer sales period. Neither extreme seems likely to be a true reflectionof retailers’ present pricing power.
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