retail price index

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One is the retail price index - the RPI measure of inflation - and the other is the Bank of England base rate, plus 1%.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

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

And my living costs are going up, with inflation now at 5.1% on the retail price index, so this means that freezing my pay will reduce my living standards.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2010

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