retail price index

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A day earlier, Mr. Lynch told Sky News that a deal should have been done in December, when the retail price index, a measure of inflation, was at about 7 percent.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Unite said the pay rise offered by the firm was "well below" the current retail price index rate, another measurement of inflation, which is at 6%.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2021

In England, students are currently charged 5.6% on their student loans while they are studying - which is the retail price index plus 3%.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2021

The BRC wants a new system to calculate rate rises, which are currently guided by the retail price index of inflation in September.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013

Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton