And now questions are being raised over whether the States has been inadvertently keeping inflation high because of the way the figure has been calculated by one of its departments.
Finance and Economics vice-president Senator Philip Ozouf has demanded a full review of the system.Air and transport fares were blamed for a full one per cent of last week’s 3.8 per cent figure despite evidence that ticket prices have fallen in the last year.The figure was still the lowest since December 2001, but some politicians believe it should have been even lower – and could have been lower for some time.
