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At the close of play last week came the news from the Office of National Statistics that January’s retail sales in the UK shrank by 0.6%, against economists’ predictions that they would show a 0.5% rise. Here, The Guardian asks a number of leading experts what is behind the numbers, and suggests that although a triple-dip recession remains a possibility, the real problem is rising inflation and stagnant wage levels.
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