Features: Pay and Prices
Inflation forecasts
RPI forecasts (and underlying inflation -
excluding mortgage interest payments)
4th quarter 2002 4th quarter 2003Average 2.4 (2.3) 2.8 (2.4)
Oxford Economic Forecasting 2.2 (1.9) 3.1 (2.3)
NIESR 2.5 (2.0) 2.7 (2.5)
Source: HM Treasury Forecasts for the UK economy, May 2002