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The Office for National Statistics calculates CPI, RPI and CPIH each month. What are they and what do they reveal about UK ...
What is the difference between CPI and core CPI? "Inflation is cooling, but the path down is still expected to be bumpy and littered with potholes," says Diane Swonk, chief economist of KPMG Economics ...
While differences between CPI and RPI are technical and seemingly slight, the stakes are high for pensioners across the country. CPI is generally considered to be the more accurate reflection of real ...
But for reasons best known to the ONS it didn’t, although it did introduce yet another index, the RPIJ, which used the CPI methodology. Trustees need to ensure that the correct benefits are paid, not ...
Annual RPI inflation was 3.0 percent in November, compared to 2.7 percent for CPI, reflecting a recent narrowing in the gap between the two measures due to differences in how changes in insurance ...
However, the issue I was trying to highlight was that RPI is invariably higher than CPI however the calculation is made. In June 2010, when the this coalition government came to power the decision ...