UK data for BRC shop price index (February): -0.8% (vs. expected -0.6%)

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BRC shop price index (February) comes in at %

• expected -0.6%, prior -0.5%

British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson on today's data:

• "This is a further sign that we have passed the peak of the upward pressure on inflation caused by the fall in the pound in June 2016"

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ps, on separate posts are the other data points out at the same time:

• GfK Consumer Confidence (February)
• Lloyds Business Barometer (February)