Retail inflation for furniture jumped to more than 1% in February and is easily at its highest level for at least a year.
CPI for household furniture jumped from 0.7% in January to 1.1% in February, according to ONS data.
This follows January’s rise from 0.3% to 0.7% and is the fourth instance of inflation in the past five months.
A year ago the sector saw deflation of 1.6%.
Garden furniture again saw significant deflation, rising from 11.3% to 11.5% – it has averaged 12.4% in the past year – while deflation continued for lighting, albeit falling from 4.3% to 3.1%.
