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 7 percent.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Rival Virgin Media said earlier this month that it would hike its prices from the beginning of April by 3.9% plus inflation as measured by the retail price index inflation rate for February.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022

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

On the retail price index measure, which includes housing costs, the ONS said annual inflation slipped to 3.1% in May from 3.5% in April.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2012

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