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Thu 08 Aug 2008Britain shelves property sales statistics
Britain shelved its home sales statistics today, adding to concerns over the quality of official data which help inform interest rate policy at a time when the economy is teetering on the edge of recession.
City economists and even the Bank of England have been questioning the reliability of several official date series including trade, growth and retail sales.
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