Workplace Report May 2012

Pay and prices

Prices

Retail prices index (RPI)1 % annual increases
RPI RPI excl. mortgages
Feb 2011 231.3 5.5 5.5
March 2011 232.5 5.3 5.4
April 234.4 5.2 5.3
May 235.2 5.2 5.3
June 235.2 5.0 5.0
July 234.7 5.0 5.0
August 236.1 5.2 5.3
September 237.9 5.6 5.7
October 238.0 5.4 5.6
November 238.5 5.2 5.3
December 239.4 4.8 5.0
January 2012 238.0 3.9 4.0
February 239.9 3.7 3.8
March 240.8 3.6 3.7

1 Jan ’87=100