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Consumer Price Index since 1988
Comparison with Retail Price Index
| 2016 | Consumer Price Index | New Retail Price Index(RPIJ) | Old Retail Price Index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | |||
| August | 0.6 | 129.2 | 1.0 | 241.8 | 1.8 | 264.4 | ||
| July | 0.6 | 128.8 | 1.1 | 241.1 | 1.9 | 263.4 | ||
| June | 0.5 | 128.8 | 0.9 | 240.9 | 1.6 | 263.1 | ||
| May | 0.3 | 128.5 | 0.7 | 240.1 | 1.4 | 262.1 | ||
| April | 0.3 | 128.3 | 0.7 | 239.6 | 1.3 | 261.4 | ||
| March | 0.5 | 128.3 | 0.8 | 239.4 | 1.6 | 261.1 | ||
| February | 0.3 | 127.7 | 0.6 | 238.7 | 1.3 | 260.0 | ||
| January | 0.3 | 127.4 | 0.7 | 238.1 | 1.3 | 258.8 | ||
| 2015 | Consumer Price Index | New Retail Price Index(RPIJ) | Old Retail Price Index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | |||
| December | 0.2 | 128.5 | 0.5 | 239.8 | 1.2 | 260.6 | ||
| November | 0.1 | 128.3 | 0.3 | 239.1 | 1.1 | 259.8 | ||
| October | -0.1 | 128.4 | 0.0 | 238.9 | 0.7 | 259.5 | ||
| September | -0.1 | 128.2 | 0.1 | 239.1 | 0.8 | 259.6 | ||
| August | 0.0 | 128.4 | 0.5 | 239.4 | 1.1 | 259.8 | ||
| July | 0.1 | 128.0 | 0.4 | 238.4 | 1.0 | 258.6 | ||
| June | 0.0 | 128.2 | 0.4 | 238.7 | 1.0 | 258.9 | ||
| May | 0.1 | 128.2 | 0.4 | 238.5 | 1.0 | 258.5 | ||
| April | -0.1 | 128.0 | 0.3 | 238.0 | 0.9 | 258.0 | ||
| March | 0.0 | 127.6 | 0.3 | 237.4 | 0.9 | 257.1 | ||
| February | 0.0 | 127.4 | 0.4 | 237.2 | 1.0 | 256.7 | ||
| January | 0.3 | 127.1 | 0.5 | 236.5 | 1.1 | 255.4 | ||
| 2014 | Consumer Price Index | New Retail Price Index(RPIJ) | Old Retail Price Index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | |||
| December | 0.5 | 128.2 | 1.0 | 238.6 | 1.6 | 257.5 | ||
| November | 1.0 | 128.2 | 1.4 | 238.3 | 2.0 | 257.1 | ||
| October | 1.3 | 128.5 | 1.7 | 238.9 | 2.3 | 257.7 | ||
| September | 1.2 | 128.4 | 1.6 | 238.8 | 2.3 | 257.6 | ||
| August | 1.5 | 128.3 | 1.8 | 238.3 | 2.4 | 257.0 | ||
| July | 1.6 | 127.8 | 1.8 | 237.5 | 2.5 | 256.0 | ||
| June | 1.9 | 128.3 | 2.0 | 237.8 | 2.6 | 256.3 | ||
| May | 1.5 | 128.0 | 1.7 | 237.5 | 2.4 | 255.9 | ||
| April | 1.8 | 128.1 | 1.8 | 237.4 | 2.5 | 255.7 | ||
| March | 1.6 | 127.7 | 1.8 | 236.7 | 2.5 | 254.8 | ||
| February | 1.7 | 127.4 | 2.0 | 236.3 | 2.7 | 254.2 | ||
| January | 1.9 | 126.7 | 2.1 | 235.4 | 2.8 | 252.6 | ||
| 2013 | Consumer Price Index | New Retail Price Index(RPIJ) | Old Retail Price Index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | Annual % | Index | |||
| December | 2.0 | 127.5 | 2.0 | 236.2 | 2.7 | 253.4 | ||
| November | 2.1 | 127.0 | 2.0 | 235.1 | 2.6 | 252.1 | ||
| October | 2.2 | 126.9 | 1.9 | 234.9 | 2.6 | 251.9 | ||
| September | 2.7 | 126.8 | 2.5 | 235.0 | 3.2 | 251.9 | ||
| August | 2.7 | 126.4 | 2.6 | 234.2 | 3.3 | 251.0 | ||
| July | 2.8 | 125.8 | 2.6 | 233.2 | 3.1 | 249.7 | ||
| June | 2.9 | 125.9 | 2.7 | 233.2 | 3.3 | 249.7 | ||
| May | 2.7 | 126.1 | 2.5 | 233.5 | 3.1 | 250.0 | ||
| April | 2.4 | 125.9 | 2.3 | 233.2 | 2.9 | 249.5 | ||
| March | 2.8 | 125.6 | 2.7 | 232.6 | 3.3 | 248.7 | ||
| February | 2.8 | 125.2 | 2.6 | 231.7 | 3.2 | 247.6 | ||
| January | 2.7 | 124.4 | 2.7 | 230.6 | 3.3 | 245.8 | ||
Consumer prices index(CPI) is the government's preferred measure of inflation, it corresponds with inflation measures used by other European countries. It excludes mortgage interest payments and council tax.
Retail Price Index(RPI) is the familiar and long-established measure of cost-of-living in the UK.
New Retail Price Index(RPIJ) was introduced after statisticians found the formula used to calculate RPI had overstated inflation. In March 2013 they provided revised figures going back to 1997.
Source: Office for National Statistics website www.ons.gov.uk.