Data Error Pushed Up UK Inflation in April, Stats Office Says
Britain's statistics office has said April's inflation number was 0.1 percentage point higher than it should have been due to an error in data provided by the Department for Transport.
The Office for National Statistics published a statement Thursday, saying the incorrect data overstated the number of vehicles subject to excise duty, a tax, therefore pushing up the headline numbers for both consumer price inflation and the retail prices index by 0.1 percentage points in April.
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