I’m reblogging this as I did a budget post yesterday.
When I originally started my blog, I had anticipated it being based on things like this, and there are a lot of posts herein about budgeting.
This one is dated (2014) and there are several that are more recent with breakdowns and comparisons.
We’re almost half way through the year, and this is the time when I start planning the budget for NEXT year as 2020 is covered.
Inflation is down to 1.9% according to the media today.
When I’d finished spluttering into my cuppa, I had to laugh.
Inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) dropped to 1.9 per cent in January from 2 per cent in December, the Office for National Statistics said.
The biggest factor in driving down inflation was a fall in recreation and culture prices, household goods, alcoholic beverages and tobacco ( as reported by The Independent, Feb 18)
At the bottom in the same report, was this:
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