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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Her Majesty's Government still expects inflation to fall to 3 per cent. by 1988.
This is still a reasonable assumption.
35.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he expects the trend in the rate of inflation to be at the end of 1985.
Downwards.
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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the current level of inflation.
46.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest rate of inflation.
I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the answer given by my right hon. Friend to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing).
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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the rate of price inflation for the second quarter of 1985.
The retail prices index rose by 6ยท9 per cent. in the year to April 1985, and 7 per cent. in the year to May. The rise in the year to June is also likely to be about 7 per cent.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the figures for inflation and M3 since 1979 on a monthly basis.
Monthly figures for retail prices are published in Economic Trends on page 42. Figures for M3 are given in table 11.1 of Financial Statistics.