Inflation

Annual rates of headline inflation:

'79	'80	'81	'82	'83	'84	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	'90	'91	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96
13.4	18.0	11.9	8.2	4.6	5.0	6.1	3.4	4.2	4.9	7.8	9.5	5.9	3.7	1.6	3.4	2.5	2.4

Monthly underlying inflation (ie excluding mortgage rates):

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jly	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
'92	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.7
'93	3.2	3.4	3.5	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.3	2.8	2.5	2.7
'94	2.8	2.8	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.3	2.5
'95	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.1	2.9	2.9	3.0
'96	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.1
'97	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.7