Workplace Report February 2003

Features: Pay & Prices

Inflation forecasts

RPI forecasts (and underlying inflation -

excluding mortgage interest payments)

4th quarter 2003

Average 2.6 (2.4)

Oxford Economic Forecasting 2.8 (2.1)

NIESR 2.4 (2.2)

Source: HM Treasury Forecasts for the UK economy, December 2002