Source: XpertHR indicators Date: 13/05/2008 Publisher: XpertHR

Inflation

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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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