It annoys me they use CPI as the index rather than RPI like they used to

RPI is far more reflective of inflation for households and traditionally was used during wage negotiations.
If one was cynical, you would say they opted for CPI as it is nearly significantly lower than RPI and reflects better on the Government and to lower expectations on wage increase.

Posted By: Azteca on April 18th 2018 at 10:40:44

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Suspect most rothers aren't *regular* users of Reuters... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 18, 10:02:13
- Ha ha. That’s fantastic (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 10:49:01
- It annoys me they use CPI as the index rather than RPI like they used to (General Chat) - Azteca, Apr 18, 10:40:44
  - The independent review of the RPI as an inflation measure is here (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 18, 12:00:02
  - it's not cynicism, it's why they did it (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 18, 10:56:32
    - Someone once said also the reason (or at least a reason they gave) (General Chat) - Azteca, Apr 18, 11:30:56
      - there's a history of it here (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 18, 11:47:20
        
        life=it's abit more complicated then that. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 18, 11:52:52
  - No shit (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 18, 10:54:38
    - You really need to seek a refund on that mind reading course you've been on (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Apr 18, 11:31:34
- can I claim image rights? That's me in the picture (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Apr 18, 10:12:24

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