Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom decreased to 8.90 percent in September from 9.10 percent in August of 2023. Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom averaged 5.39 percent from 1948 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 26.90 percent in August of 1975 and a record low of -1.60 percent in June of 2009. In the UK, the RPI index covers only private households but excludes the top 4% of households by income and pensioner households who receive at least three-quarters of their income from benefits. The index was initially developed as a compensation index, derived from an index designed as an aid to protect ordinary workers from price increases associated with the First World War. The RPI provides estimates of inflation from 1947 onwards with the first official release of consumer price inflation being produced in January 1956. Until the introduction of the UK CPI in 1996, the RPI and its derivatives were the only measures of UK consumer price inflation available to users. This page provides – United Kingdom Retail Price Index YoY- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.
- United Kingdom Average Price Of Oil Exported From The United Kingdom - February 18, 2024
- United Kingdom Exports of Intra EU – Aluminium & Related Articles - February 18, 2024
- United Kingdom Exports Intra Eu – Albuminous Substance, Starch, Glues, Enzymes - February 18, 2024