RPI

Jubilee Financial Products has issued a new structured product which offers exposure to UK equities and inflation.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is changing the way in which it calculates Retail Price Inflation (RPI) in an attempt to reflect the cost of housing more realistically.

Arecent edition of Countryfile looked at the rural elderly and the issues specific to them, such as mobility, access to care and support etc. It also mentioned very briefly, the actual inflation rate affecting individuals and couples in this category....

UK inflation has hit 3.5%, prompting Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the Chancellor.

UK inflation rose at the fastest annual pace for three quarters in December, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Recent data has shown that inflation in the UK has risen for the first time since February. CPI, where the Bank of England has a target rate of 2%, rose to 1.5% in October from 1.1% in September. The RPI measure also rose in October to -0.8% from -1.4%...

The UK's main measure of inflation has increased on the back of rising oil prices.

For thousands of employees with Retail Price Index (RPI) linked salaries, the economic downturn will cost them dearly. Sue Weir looks at how the effect of what for many will mean a pay freeze could be softened

Pensioners are likely to be worse off in the New Year, despite a drop in headline inflation figures, according to Watson Wyatt.

UK inflation has fallen to its lowest level in over four years, according to official statistics.