As both retail and consumer price indexes fall again, could the UK be heading for a prolonged period of zero-rate inlation or deflation.
Latest CPI and RPI inflation figures raise deflation fears and calls for further active measures to counter recession.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) falls again and the Retail Prices Index (RPI) enters negative territory for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Annual RPI falls to 0.0% as looming deflation proves a mixed blessing for UK small business.