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''Inflation measures - UK.''
 
(RPI).  


Historically, RPI was the primary measure of consumer price inflation in the UK, calculated as the change from month to month in the prices of a standard basket of retail goods and services.  
Historically, RPI was the primary measure of consumer price inflation in the UK, calculated as the change from month to month in the prices of a standard basket of retail goods and services.  


Different goods and services are included in the RPI compared with the UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the method of calculation of the two indices is different.  
RPI was superseded as the primary inflation measure in the UK by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the (CPIH).
 
 
However, it continues to be calculated and published by the UK's Office for National Statistics.




== See also ==
==See also==
* [[Consumer Prices Index]]
* [[Consumer Prices Index]]  (CPI)
* [[Cost of living adjustment]]
* [[CPIH]]
* [[Harmonised index of consumer prices]]  (HICP)
* [[Index numbers]]
* [[Inflation]]
* [[Inflation target]]
* [[Limited Price Indexation]]
* [[Limited Price Indexation]]
* [[Office for National Statistics]]  (ONS)
* [[Output price index]]
* [[Personal Consumption Expenditures price index]]  (PCE)
* [[Producer Price Index]]
* [[Retail mobility index]]
* [[RPI]]
* [[RPIX]]
* [[Treasury inflation-indexed securities]]
==External link==
*[https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/previousReleases UK consumer price inflation - Office for National Statistics]
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 20 June 2022

Inflation measures - UK.

(RPI).

Historically, RPI was the primary measure of consumer price inflation in the UK, calculated as the change from month to month in the prices of a standard basket of retail goods and services.

RPI was superseded as the primary inflation measure in the UK by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the (CPIH).


However, it continues to be calculated and published by the UK's Office for National Statistics.


See also


External link