Pete Comley

A career in market research. Author of Inflation Matters and MonkeyWithAPin. Other interests include: trees, cycling, fungi and walking the entire UK coast.

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@BBCFarmingToday Alan Robins not up to date on elms in the city. For the last two years the council have been inoculating hundreds (maybe 5% of all Brightons elms) with a product called Dutch Trigg. This largely prevents the elm trees from catching Dutch Elm Disease.

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@dpd_support I have created a parcel and my app shows no drop off points anywhere in the UK. The telephone number in the app says you’re closed until 9am. It is now near 10am. How do I drop off the parcel in Brighton?

[This is Money @thisismoney]

Will the coronavirus crash lead to a double-digit inflation spike?

@_simonlambert on a warning over money printing and our finances

https://t.co/lrb7z6j5YF

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

#CPI #inflation down to 0.8% but it will rise above target soon. Read #Covid19UK Inflation White Paper at https://t.co/vAyCSn87Jp. See also article on @thisismoney at: https://t.co/AGtlPTdFi5

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@ChrisGiles_ What this analysis fails to point out is the clothing issue has actually impacted on both #CPI and #RPI. As CPI weights clothing more (7%vs 3%), its impact is greater on CPI despite difference in mean calcs. #inflationmatters

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@ChrisGiles_ @FinancialTimes Just to correct your "hazy understanding of inflation", #RPI is not usually 0.5% higher than #CPI #inflation. It has been about 0.75% higher since inception and this did not change post 2010 where it has remained at 0.75% on average. #inflationmatters

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@MattWalea @BrittanyFerries They are too busy celebrating their £50m contract to care about ordinary customers anymore

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@everydaythings can you contact me about your Brighton softies cycling group please.

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@seanjcameron Hi Sean. I am no longer involved in management. Best to email Paul Trefusis: [email protected] Regards. Pete

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@notayesmansecon I'll be coming into Waterloo around 4 then heading to ERC mtg in SW1 for 6.30. Where is good for you?

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@notayesmansecon I'm free later next Wednesday afternoon in central London. Fancy a coffee and compare notes somewhere?

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

@notayesmansecon Are we the only people in the UK who really understand what ONS is doing with inflation? Shall we meet and discuss tactics?

[Share Radio @ShareRadioUK]

#Inflation jumps to 2.3% & what's the new #CPIH measure?Hear more with @petecomley https://t.co/R0ehQBCSJV

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

Why is the new #CPIH headline #inflation measure so controversial? https://t.co/tLguT5rar4 via @ThisIsMoney

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Why @petecomley on @ShareRadioUK thinks there are issues with #CPIH as a headline #inflation measure. https://t.co/9oYcedawTg

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@paullewismoney Will you be covering it on Saturday? Happy to voice an independent consumers' view on it if you are. @petecomley

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

#CPIH maybe same as #CPI today, but it may be a lot lower by the year end. Does that not worry @resfoundation? https://t.co/2Kc2sCNG5m

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

#CPIH = #CPI this month, but by end of year #inflation might be 0.3% less. How will that impact benefits/pensions? https://t.co/2Kc2sCNG5m

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

#OOH does not correlate with actual housing costs. #CPIH will therefore be a poor headline #inflation measure. https://t.co/918dMoJPzh

[Pete Comley @petecomley]

There are serious problems with #CPIH as headline #inflation index as @UKStatsAuth show. Read a detailed analysis: https://t.co/918dMoJPzh