"Figure 8: Approximately a quarter of businesses reported the prices of materials, goods or services bought in the last two weeks had increased by more than normal price fluctuations","" "Impact on prices, businesses currently trading who experienced an increase of prices of materials, goods or services bought and sold, weighted by count, UK, 2 November 2020 to 25 July 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 18 to 36 of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’) Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS). Businesses currently trading, who have experienced an increase in prices of materials, goods or services bought and sold. 2. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire. 3. Data are plotted in the middle of the two-week period of each wave." "Unit","%" "","" "Dates","Prices sold increased more than normal","Prices bought increased more than normal" "08/11/2020","3.2","12.9" "22/11/2020","3.7","14.9" "06/12/2020","4.3","14.5" "20/12/2020","4.0","13.5" "03/01/2021","5.3","15.9" "17/01/2021","5.0","16.5" "31/01/2021","5.4","17.0" "14/02/2021","5.7","17.7" "28/02/2021","7.3","17.9" "14/03/2021","4.9","16.3" "28/03/2021","6.4","18.2" "11/04/2021","6.9","18.7" "25/04/2021","8.4","20.6" "09/05/2021","7.3","20.5" "23/05/2021","7.7","21.3" "20/06/2021","8.0","23.7" "18/07/2021","7.6","26.0"