Workplace Report December 2006

Pay and prices

Prices

Retail prices index (RPI)* Annual increases
RPI RPI excluding mortgages
September 2005 193.1 2.7% 2.5%
October 193.3 2.5% 2.4%
November 193.6 2.4% 2.3%
December 194.1 2.2% 2.0%
January 2006 193.4 2.4% 2.3%
February 194.2 2.4% 2.3%
March 195.0 2.4% 2.1%
April 196.5 2.6% 2.4%
May 197.7 3.0% 2.9%
June 198.5 3.3% 3.1%
July 198.5 3.3% 3.1%
August 119.2 3.4% 3.3%
September 200.1 3.6% 3.2%
October 200.4 3.7% 3.2%
November 201.1 3.9% 3.4%