http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6261875.stm
Asian states sign key energy deal.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1990328,00.html
Work out your own inflation rate.
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/electrical/story/0,,1990656,00.html
Nobody mends stuff any more, apart from Dyson vacuums.
And the good news is, my personal inflation is below the national average- 3.4% in November 2006 against 3.9 nationally.
I think it comes from being too poor to own a car (and not wanting to anyway).