Documents containing guidance on Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) statistics.
Perceptions of consumer price inflation
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Response to the public consultation on improving the measurement of car prices in the consumer price index and retail price index
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Reconciliation of the differences between the Consumer Prices Index and the Implied Price Deflator
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International comparison of the formula effect between the CPI and RPI
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Report of the Triennial Review of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) central collection of prices 2012
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Responding to the open data agenda - an ONS case study: Consumer Prices Index
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UK relative regional consumer price levels for goods and services for 2010 (100 Kb Pdf)
How ONS consumer price statistics are used (91.3 Kb Pdf)
Implications of the differences between the CPI and RPI (113.6 Kb Pdf)
History and differences between the CPI and RPI (111.3 Kb Pdf)
Quick Guide to Inflation Rates (37.1 Kb Pdf)
Impact of the VAT increase on the CPI (37.5 Kb Pdf)
CPI and RPI: Increased impact of the formula effect in 2010 (55.1 Kb Pdf)
Measurement of UK Consumer Price Inflation - Royal Statistical Society Presentation January - 2011 (587 Kb Powerpoint presentation)
Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index - analysing differences (111.6 Kb Pdf)
Differences between the RPI and CPI Measures of Inflation (66.7 Kb Pdf)
Consumer Prices Index: A Brief Guide (934.2 Kb Pdf)
Consumer Price Indices Technical Manual - 2012 (775.8 Kb Pdf)