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Deflation returns for furniture

Furniture saw a return of consumer price deflation last month.

After two months of neither inflation of deflation, deflation returned with a rate of 0.7% in November, according to ONS data.

This is the first time the sector has seen deflation since December 2024.

Garden furniture continued its run of deflation, up from 8.3% to 8.8%. 11 of the past 13 months have seen deflation.

Lighting has seen unbroken deflation for more than a year, and November was no exception, albeit the rate dropped from 3.7% to 3.4%.


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