In the year to April 2009, consumer prices in the OECD area rose 0.6%, compared with a 0.9% rise in the year to April 2008. After a 0.3% rise in March 2009, the month-on-month rise in consumer prices in April slowed to 0.2%.
In Britain consumer prices rose by 2.3%, while in America consumer prices fell 0.7% over the year to April 2009. In Japan prices fell 0.1%, compared with a decline of 0.3% in the year to March 2009.