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Inflation

Volume 990: debated on Monday 4 August 1980

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the most recent comparative figures of inflation in the United Kingdom, West Germany and Japan.

The table below shows the rate of increase of consumer prices in June 1980 measured on a year earlier.

United Kingdom21·0 per cent.
Germany6·0 per cent.
Japan8·2 per cent.