Pay and prices
Prices
| Retail prices index (RPI)* | % annual increase in RPI | % annual increase in RPI excluding mortgages | |
| February 2006 | 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 | 199.2 | 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 |
| December | 202.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| January 2007 | 201.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| February | 203.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| March | 204.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
* Jan ’87=100