Labour Research (July 2003)

Pay and prices

Cheaper petrol squeezes RPI

Inflation dipped on both counts in May due to lower oil and petrol prices.

The headline rate was down to 3.0% and the underlying rate, which excludes mortgage interest rates, was down to 2.9% from 3.0% in April.


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