Supermarket Sweep: Measuring inflation with over a billion scanner beeps

Statistically Speaking by Office for National Statistics

Mar 24, 202634:24News & Politics

Miles and guests unpack how the ONS is collecting the prices from more than a billion supermarket checkout and online sales to measure UK inflation. Transcript Scanner data podcast transcript Miles: Hello and welcome to...

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