Summary of key data
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Headline inflation
Retail Prices Index (RPI): 4.2%
(April 2008)
Next release date: 17 June 2008
Underlying
inflation
Retail Prices Index excluding mortgage interest payments
(RPIX): 4.0% (April 2008)
Next release date:
17 June 2008
Consumer prices
Consumer
Prices Index (CPI): 3.0% (April 2008)
Next release date: 17 June 2008
Inflation forecasts
Q2
2008: average 3.5%; Q3 2008: average 3.4%
Next release
date: 30 May 2008
Commentary
The headline rate of inflation ,
as measured by the annual change in the all-items retail prices index (RPI), was
4.2% in April 2008, up from 3.8% in March. |
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