retail price index
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A day earlier, Mr. Lynch told Sky News that a deal should have been done in December, when the retail price index, a measure of inflation, was at about 7 percent.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Unite said the pay rise offered by the firm was "well below" the current retail price index rate, another measurement of inflation, which is at 6%.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
Around 45% of fares are regulated by government, and capped at July's retail price index inflation figure - 3.2%.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2019
However, the link will be to the consumer price index rather than the retail price index, currently the lower of the two measures of inflation.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2010
Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
