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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... core inflation rate slowed to 1.2% last month versus 1.5% in March and expectations for a 1.4% increase. The retail price index rose by 1.3% in the year to April, down from 1.6% in March and lower than the expected 1.5% increase. Deflation at the factory ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... inflation rate accelerated to 1.5% in the year to March from 1.2% in the previous month (1.3% expected) and the retail price index was up 1.6% year-on-year in March versus 1.3% in February and expectations for an annual increase of 1.4%. A jump in airfares ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... decision to link pension increases for retired public sector workers to the Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI), which is seen as a more generous measure of inflation. The government's decision also applied to private sector ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... 3.4 per cent in Feb from 3.0 per cent a month prior. The British Statistician also has a measure called the Retail Price Index used to calculate the cost of living. On this gauge, Britons' cost of living sped to an annual rate of 5.5 per cent - the highest ...
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