Pay and prices
Prices
| Retail prices index (RPI)* | % annual increases | ||
| RPI | RPI excl. mortgages | ||
| August 2006 | 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 |
| April | 205.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| May | 206.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| June | 207.3 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| July | 206.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| August | 207.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| September | 208.0 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
* Jan ’87=100