IW25 Shorts: Which goods and services have most been affected by inflation in the past 25 years?

The changing face of the markets illustrated

Pub quiz time. Which UK goods and services have most increased in cost over the 25 years Investment Week's doors have been open? And name one that actually costs less today than in 1995. Housing? Food and drink? Transport?

Together with Teamspirit - our media partner for our 25th anniversary last year - we have created a 20-second film showing those areas that have changed most, using CPI data from the Office for National Statistics. While each 'area' contains its own constituent items, we have divided the total 'basket' into six, rebasing the 1995 data to 100 as our starting point. The overall total growth of the basket over time is highlighted in orange. Perhaps surprisingly, it is education that has shown the greatest increase over time, followed by housing and utilities, then transport, reflecting t...