Chris Bartram gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

The depressing thing is that a lot of non-essentials (think consumer
electronics) are cheaper than ever, but all the stuff you need (food,
electricity, gas, diesel, petrol for example) is skyrocketing in cost.

Funny how it all balances out to 2% inflation, isn't it?

It's enough to get a good conspiracy theory going...