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The headline annual rate of inflation (RPI) in the UK fell in December to 0.9% from 3%.  This is the lowest rate ever recorded.

The (CPI) which excludes mortgage costs, fell to 3.1% from 4.1%.


The £ crashed to US$1.40 on news of the banking crisis on Monday. Down from US$2.05 in 2007.


UK jobless is set to reach 3.4 million by the end of 2011, forecaster Ernst & Young Item Club predicts.  All of the UK's economic statistics are reported to be in free-fall.


The UK economy is forecast to see its largest contraction since 1946.


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