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Impact of inclusion of additional price quotes on Consumer Price Indices

Release date: 13 November 2017 9:30am

Summary

This article sets out the impact of implementing an improvement in the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH; the lead measure of inflation in the UK), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and their supplementary indices.

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Contact details

Name

Bella Wheeler and Chris Payne

Email

cpi@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 455321

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