Pay and prices
Prices
| Retail prices index (RPI)* | Annual increases | ||
| RPI | RPI excl. mortgages | ||
| May 2006 | 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% |
| April | 205.4 | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| May | 206.2 | 4.3% | 3.3% |
| April | 207.3 | 4.4% | 3.3% |
* Jan 1987=100