Pay and prices
Prices
| Retail prices index (RPI)* | Annual increases | ||
| RPI | RPI excluding mortgages | ||
| September 2005 | 193.1 | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| October | 193.3 | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| November | 193.6 | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| December | 194.1 | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| January 2006 | 193.4 | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| February | 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 | 119.2 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| September | 200.1 | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| October | 200.4 | 3.7% | 3.2% |