Short Cuts: In the Inflation Basket
Izzy Finkel, 16 February 2023
Each month a team of 292 people goes shopping on behalf of the nation. They visit village post offices, department stores, petrol stations and pubs, seeking out, at the most recent count, 211 ladies’ handbags, 566 cabbages and 286 ballpoint pens. The shoppers don’t actually buy anything. They record the prices they find, check them, then publish the monthly results so the rest...
