expensive than a year ago. so, now all focus will shift to the bank of england and the debate over when it will start cutting interest rates. at the moment, they re at 5.25% and a quarter after successive rises to keep a lid on inflation. tell us what it means about the figures coming down and why. the market figures coming down and why. tue: market consensus figures coming down and why. tte: market consensus was 4.3, and we got 3.9. a very nice surprise. a big contributor to that was transport, fuel prices down 10.6% over a year ago, so that was a significant contributing factor. as you mentioned, food prices, yes they are moderating but we re still seeing higher food moderating but we re still seeing higherfood prices coming through. the office of national statistic have said food prices were 27% higher than they were a few years ago. there is still work for the bank of england to do. they are above 30% target. with inflation coming down faster than anticipated, it will mak