Furniture retail inflation falls again

The annual retail inflation rate for furniture fell for the eighth consecutive month in April.

The rate dropped from 9.6% to 8.6%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

It has been falling since August 2022, when the rate was 15.6%.

ONS said the fall was helped by lower prices of adult beds.

The rate for garden furniture more than halved from 9.8% to 4.5%.

In contrast the rate of price increases for lighting jumped from 1% to 3.4%.

The rate for household textiles leapt from 2.6% to 6.4%, thanks largely to increases in the cost of curtains.

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