Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index: Updating Weights

• Published by: Office for National Statistics
• Last updated: 19 March 2018
• Topic: Business and economy
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure the changes from month to month in the cost of a representative 'basket' of goods and services bought by consumers within the UK. This involves weighting together price changes in the indices according to household spending patterns for different categories of goods and services so that each takes its appropriate share. At the beginning of each year the weights used to compile both the CPI and RPI are updated using the latest available information on household spending.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Updating Weights

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2016	HTML	22 March 2016	Not available
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