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Pay and prices
Interest rates push up RPI
Increased interest rates in November meant that inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index rose by 2.8% in December.
This was up from 2.5% the previous month.
The government's new preferred inflation measure - the Consumer Prices Index - was unchanged at 1.3%.