VR headset and yoga mat added to basket of items used to track UK inflation
The Office for National Statistics said its inflation basket of goods show how consumer spending has evolved over the years.
By contributor Anna Wise, PA Business Reporter
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Pulled pork, virtual reality (VR) headsets and yoga mats have been added to a list of items used by the UK’s official statisticians to measure how quickly prices are rising across the country.
But it will no longer track the price of newspaper adverts and in-store cafe meals amid dwindling demand.
The Office for National Statistics has a so-called “basket” of more than 750 goods and services which represents the things consumers typically spend their money on.
It uses that to measure the rate of inflation, meaning how quickly prices are rising, for UK households.
