| "Inflation seems to go up more than the cost of living" |
|
1 |
| Backdoor taxes |
|
1 |
| Baseline changes - basket of goods varies, some budget changes not included. Also mentioned recent problems of ONS! |
|
1 |
| By the time they are collected they are out of date |
|
1 |
| Cant all be wrong but some must be - some say one thing, some another |
|
1 |
| Cant be sure of whether the figures are correct or not |
|
1 |
| Composition of basket of goods, figures are reflective and not projective plus we use a different basket of goods from our European partners. |
|
1 |
| Concern about accuracy of figures especially for average earnings-what is average? |
|
1 |
| DEPENDS ON THE PERSON YOU ARE ASKING-THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY |
|
1 |
| Depends on person & situation they are in |
|
1 |
| Depends on the paper reporting the figures I think it can be slightly misleading |
|
1 |
| Depends on what living standards you are used to it's alright for people with money but for those without it can be very difficult |
|
1 |
| Depends upon the things you choose |
|
1 |
| Depends who you sample |
|
1 |
| Does not really apply to me |
|
1 |
| Don't take all things into consideration |
|
1 |
| Everyones cost is different so the index doesnt reflect this difference. |
|
1 |
| Gets confused with figures |
|
1 |
| I do not think you get the truty from them |
|
1 |
| I dont think everything is taken into account, |
|
1 |
| Ibelieve they dont take everything into consideration |
|
1 |
| It varies from region to region; prices go up and down hard to get an accurate picture |
|
1 |
| Its an individual thing |
|
1 |
| Media can hype things, compared with what you see on the streets |
|
1 |
| NOT A WIDE ENOUGH SPREAD OF PRODUCTS |
|
1 |
| Over generalisation |
|
1 |
| Pension doesn't stretch far enough to compensate for the rate of inflation |
|
1 |
| SKEPTICAL ABOUT INTERPRETATION OF STATS |
|
1 |
| Sometimes correct but not always correct for everyone |
|
1 |
| Sometimes don't taake certain things into consideration |
|
1 |
| Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're wrong-it depends on which part of the country you come from-I'm only a layman-I don't really know. |
|
1 |
| THEY ONLY TAKE A CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE BASE IS TOO NARROW. |
|
1 |
| There tends to be a lag between how data is collected and then published, dont take into account all factors, there has to be assumptions, so absolute figures are flawed. |
|
1 |
| They take into account the things that people use but not what people need. They take the food,clothing and rent but there are other things that people need |
|
1 |
| Too many adjustments mad plus headline and general rate of inflation causes confusion |
|
1 |
| What is in the basket of goods doen't seem to reflect my life style - not how it is for me. |
|
1 |
| What they say in Parliament is one thing, and what happens is another, its so easy to stand up and spout in the House, they dont really say what they mean, and we dont understand what they mean, nor d |
|
1 |
| You can't always be representative the average isn't always representative |
|
1 |
| a lot of people who have voted are unsatisfied at this time |
|
1 |
| all prices up in shop |
|
1 |
| all too generalised and county to county varies greatly |
|
1 |
| answer depends on area |
|
1 |
| averaging out the staisitcs may be too high for somepeople |
|
1 |
| because i dont agree with them most of the time |
|
1 |
| because if inflation is stagnant why do prices go up? |
|
1 |
| because in business when you are small you are having to keep prices down as it is a recesssion and hanging on which gives a false figure |
|
1 |
| because prices go up so quickly,ie the poll tax but wages dont go up the same |
|
1 |
| because prices vary in different parts of the country anyway --take petrol prices |
|
1 |
| because sometimes it doesn't aply to a particular area you're in |
|
1 |
| because surveys are dubious sources to cellect this information and can be misleading |
|
1 |
| because they are an average |
|
1 |
| bind about savings taxed |
|
1 |
| blanket figure not nationally accurate |
|
1 |
| by the time all information is collected figures could have changed |
|
1 |
| by the time the figures are collected, they are out of date |
|
1 |
| circumstances differ |
|
1 |
| compared to prices in the shops inflation does not seem to matter |
|
1 |
| confused answer |
|
1 |
| cos you never know really do you |
|
1 |
| depends on a persons lifestyle as to what things change/ if smoker and/or drinker the budget gets at them and if have hols abroad -exchange rate is relevant |
|
1 |
| depends on area where you live |
|
1 |
| depends on howit effects you personally - don't always answer properly |
|
1 |
| depends on region |
|
1 |
| depends on the area where you live |
|
1 |
| depends what based on |
|
1 |
| depends which Government is in |
|
1 |
| depends who is telling |
|
1 |
| different figures from different sources |
|
1 |
| different people quote different figures |
|
1 |
| differnt house holds have differnt costs |
|
1 |
| differs in different areas |
|
1 |
| do not give a broad band of information - only a selective piece of info is given |
|
1 |
| doesn't take evrything into account |
|
1 |
| doesnt pay too much attention |
|
1 |
| don't take everything into account |
|
1 |
| donmt take toomuch faith in the retail price index |
|
1 |
| dont take everything into consideration |
|
1 |
| dont take into account all the things that are happening like the rising costs |
|
1 |
| dont tell you what you need toi know |
|
1 |
| down here we seem to be paying more |
|
1 |
| far more behind what is cost of living - my cost of living refers to my income which is a variant |
|
1 |
| feels figures not taken from right areas |
|
1 |
| figures are juggled around by govt. depts |
|
1 |
| figures can be misleading. they say things and then say they never said them |
|
1 |
| for the every person they can be misleading because not everyone can understand them |
|
1 |
| govt corrupt / anarchist |
|
1 |
| half the time there wrong--i don't know where they get the figures |
|
1 |
| house prices.food .interest rates affect everything |
|
1 |
| human error |
|
1 |
| i don't trust the figures |
|
1 |
| if e.g. rise in potatoes ismain reason inflation rate gone up and petrol prices if they go up inflation rises if go down again inflation down again |
|
1 |
| if you go out shopping and you listen to other people it is generallymisleading |
|
1 |
| impossible to asses what you are going to spend on |
|
1 |
| inflation sounds low but I don't think it equates to what is really going on |
|
1 |
| interpretation - half full or half empty |
|
1 |
| it depends on the housewife; all supermarkets are making offers |
|
1 |
| it depends on time of year, christmas etc |
|
1 |
| its a generalisation |
|
1 |
| its a matter of personal experience |
|
1 |
| its because i dont know how many people they ask these things |
|
1 |
| its not an exact sccience just a general overall picture |
|
1 |
| ive noticied price in supermarkets increasing and ppetrol prices the figures do not match |
|
1 |
| just because it's what i read in the papers |
|
1 |
| just listening to people talking about mortgages |
|
1 |
| just so that it doesnt look bad all round |
|
1 |
| local situations differ |
|
1 |
| media treatment distorts figures |
|
1 |
| misleading/cant be a true picture |
|
1 |
| missing information not ion figures |
|
1 |
| money does not go as far as years ago they do not take a wide enough base |
|
1 |
| nobody can predict |
|
1 |
| not 100percent true |
|
1 |
| not accurate in use by differenrt people in different ways |
|
1 |
| not always accurate |
|
1 |
| not enough criteria taken into account |
|
1 |
| not enough general/wide enough range |
|
1 |
| not fine tuned |
|
1 |
| not representative |
|
1 |
| not sampled over a wide enough spectrum |
|
1 |
| not specific enough |
|
1 |
| not stable |
|
1 |
| not the way I see people enjoying lifestyles that the do |
|
1 |
| not.poss.to generalise |
|
1 |
| often told later that not correct |
|
1 |
| only a small group of people are surveyed |
|
1 |
| only asking a cross section so you're going to get a wide variation |
|
1 |
| only asking a few people |
|
1 |
| only looking at certain things - limited in scope |
|
1 |
| only looks at narrow range of things |
|
1 |
| only representative figures selected for publication |
|
1 |
| out of date by publishing time |
|
1 |
| pensions increase has been lower than increase in inflation |
|
1 |
| people do not os questions |
|
1 |
| people don't all respond to polls to give accurate numbers etc |
|
1 |
| peoples out goings not the same for everyone |
|
1 |
| present govt say more money to schools/nursing homes /prisons/hospitals and health service in general but they always tell me their budgets have been reduced when I phone them |
|
1 |
| price of petrol goes up and no one seems to brin g this into it. |
|
1 |
| prices are all different |
|
1 |
| prices go up but we are told inflation coming down |
|
1 |
| read about them in one paper,and they are different in another |
|
1 |
| read different things in different papers and this is confusing and makes it hard to form your own conclusions |
|
1 |
| read that govt give a misleading set of figures because banks and building soc need help to cover thire losses |
|
1 |
| recorded differently on continent |
|
1 |
| retail prices you can always get cheaoer |
|
1 |
| retailer put their own price on things each shop charges different price |
|
1 |
| sceptical they can be massaged |
|
1 |
| seems to tie in generally with what is happening |
|
1 |
| shopping goes up |
|
1 |
| some items can often be omitted and theres element of selectiveness in the figures |
|
1 |
| some things go up and other things go down but things that matter to us are deminished by things that don't matter to us |
|
1 |
| some things which should be included in the cost of living are excleuded |
|
1 |
| sometimes correct/not correct |
|
1 |
| sometimes talk about averages and averages do not apply to me |
|
1 |
| sometimes they get it wrong |
|
1 |
| sometimes they say they are not going up,but some things do |
|
1 |
| sometimes wrong |
|
1 |
| supermarkets tend to put out prices saying that they are cheaper than everyone else but they cant be |
|
1 |
| takes so long to collect the data, that by the time they are collected they are out of date |
|
1 |
| taking wages it is inflated to what people actually get |
|
1 |
| takke them with a pinch of salt |
|
1 |
| thats how humanity is;and i dont know |
|
1 |
| the band they look at has too many variables |
|
1 |
| the basket of goods does not necessarily reflect every my household |
|
1 |
| the cost of living seems to me to be raising quiker than inflation |
|
1 |
| the irems that have gone up each time you go shopping comes to a lot more than the govt says |
|
1 |
| the percentage it picks are not necessarily the right group |
|
1 |
| the village shop has prices that always go up and never come down; you can have bargains in a supermarket |
|
1 |
| their are to many factors for the figures to be completely accurate |
|
1 |
| there are times when i feel that inflation is going up more than they say |
|
1 |
| there's always an argument no matter what anyone tells you |
|
1 |
| these things can get distorted sometimes depends on how random the process is |
|
1 |
| they are not put in a way the majority of people would understand |
|
1 |
| they can make it go either way i think |
|
1 |
| they don't take every thing into account/ they adjust the figures to suit their purposes |
|
1 |
| they dont take a big enough range of people - they only take middle class people |
|
1 |
| they exclude certain items/don't include mortgage increases |
|
1 |
| they give with one hand and take away with the other - like the budget |
|
1 |
| they hold back because they are frighteneded of being found out making a mistake |
|
1 |
| they probably on occasion do not always reflect what is happening. as things can vary so quickly |
|
1 |
| they publish figures then they go up |
|
1 |
| they tell you prices on adverts and when you go they're different |
|
1 |
| they tend to give with one hand and take with the other |
|
1 |
| things are a lot lower than they generally are |
|
1 |
| things change so quickly these days |
|
1 |
| things never go down |
|
1 |
| think the cost of living alters depending on which region you live in. |
|
1 |
| time lapse between collecting figures and publishing them |
|
1 |
| too general |
|
1 |
| too much on average |
|
1 |
| too wide a scope too difficult to generalise |
|
1 |
| up and down/different for different people |
|
1 |
| vary from area to area |
|
1 |
| what I know |
|
1 |
| when you go round the supermarkets generally the prices rise above inflation |
|
1 |
| when you go to shops the prices,they give with one hand and take away with other |
|
1 |
| wishful thinking |
|
1 |
| you can bend statistics to say whatever you want them to |
|
1 |
| you can make figures say the stoey you want |
|
1 |
| you have to pick and choose when you go shopping,theprices never stay |
|
1 |
Login