Workplace Report October 2008

Pay and prices
Prices Retail prices index (RPI), Jan ’87=100 % annual increases
RPI RPI excl. mortgages
August 2007 207.3 4.1 2.7
September 208.0 3.9 2.8
October 208.9 4.2 3.1
November 209.7 4.3 3.2
December 210.9 4.0 3.1
January 2008 209.8 4.1 3.4
February 211.4 4.1 3.7
March 212.1 3.8 3.5
April 214.0 4.2 4.0
May 215.1 4.3 4.4
June 216.8 4.6 4.8
July 216.5 5.0 5.3
August 217.2 4.8 5.2
September 218.4 5.0 5.5