Kevin Harrington

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  • Mars Bar Index Dead: UK Inflation’s Lost Chocolate Compass

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    Discover why the Mars bar inflation index no longer works, and explore modern alternatives like the Big Mac Index for tracking UK inflation effectively.

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    Kevin Harrington
    Mars Bar Index Dead: UK Inflation’s Lost Chocolate Compass

  • Brands as units of measurement

    The Mars bar used to often be a benchmark to compare pricing. The Mars bar price tended to vary with inflation and was therefore a good item to gauge relative prices. Today we are running out of noughts to use for some of the news items about the trillions of pounds of debt our nation and…

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    Kevin Harrington