Surprise 落ちる in December インフレーション

By JIM ARMITAGE
Updated: 00:00 BST, 21 January 2003

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PRICE-CUTTING by 着せる／賦与するs 蓄える／店s and shoe shops helped a surprise 落ちる in インフレーション for December, fuelling calls for a 削減（する） in 利益／興味 率s.

The 人物／姿／数字s （機の）カム from 国家の 統計（学） hours after Bank of England 知事 Sir Edward George sought to 鈍らせる hopes of cheaper borrowing.

Stripping out the cost of mortgage 利益／興味 返済s, インフレーション fell to 2.7% last month from 2.8% in November - still above the 2.5% 的. 経済学者s were wrongfooted by the numbers, which remarkably showed 石油 prices 落ちるing during December にもかかわらず the rising cost of 天然のまま oil - up again today by 31 cents to $30.96.

A 1.8% slide in 着せる／賦与するing and footwear prices gave the 嘘（をつく） to （人命などを）奪う，主張するs from Britain's High Street 蓄える／店s that they had been 持つ／拘留するing off their 割引s until the 地位，任命する-Christmas sales. The data was collated up to 17 December.

一方／合間, the British 銀行業者s' 協会 said the pace of mortgage lending slackened in December, 追加するing 負わせる to 証拠 of a slowing 住宅 market.

公式の／役人 data also showed the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 was 始める，決める to overshoot his borrowing 予測（する）s for 2002 by £3bn. The 政府 had to borrow £11.4bn in December, putting the year-todate cumulative total at £23bn compared with the 財務省 予測（する） of £20bn for the whole year.