If other countries follow the lead of UK's Office of National Statistics and add Rosé wines to the basket of goods and services that help determine where inflation is headed should we think twice before heading to our favorite wine store this Spring and Summer and stocking up on Rosé.
We might drive their price up and create inflationary pressures.
Amongst changes reported by Julia Kollewe in MP4 players, Blu-ray discs and rosé make it into ONS's shopping basket (Guardian, March 23) count these: "Internet-based DVD subscriptions also joined the inflation basket
today, while three-litre wine boxes, MP3 players and DVD rentals from
shops have been removed…"
Time to watch our Consumer Price Index Footprint?
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They added wine to inflation basket-o-goods? Neat. Might be time to switch away from Rosés! Just kidding.
They added wine to inflation basket-o-goods? Neat. Might be time to switch away from Rosés! Just kidding.