date:Jun 18, 2014
Clothing prices also fell, as did air and sea transport costs after travel operators raised fares in the run-up to Easter in April. Air fares declined 3.2 percent on the month and sea transport plunged 9.9 percent. The core inflation rate fell to 1.6 percent from 2 percent.
Retail-price inflation, a measure used as a basis for the inflation-linked bond market, slowed to 2.4 percent, the lowest since December 2009, from 2.5 percent.
In a separate report, the ONS said factory input costs fell