Workplace Report March 2003

Features: Pay and Prices

Inflation forecasts

RPI forecasts (and underlying inflation- excluding mortgage interest payments)

4th quarter 2003

Average 2.6 (2.5)

Oxford Economic Forecasting 2.3 (2.2)

NIESR 2.3 (2.1)

Source: HM Treasury Forecasts for the UK economy, March 2003