RPI report March 2012
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 Apr 2012
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) is the main measure of inflation in Jersey. It measures the change from quarter to quarter in the price of the goods and services purchased by an average household in Jersey.
This report covers the Retail Prices Index for March 2012 and shows that:
- during the 12 months to March 2012 the All Items Retail Prices Index (RPI) for Jersey increased by 4.7% to stand at 153.0 (June 2000 = 100)
- the change in the RPI during the 12 months to December 2011 was 5.0%, implying that the annual rate of inflation fell by 0.3 percentage points (pp) in the latest quarter
- RPI(X) increased by 4.9% over the 12 months to March 2012, a rate of increase 0.2 pp lower than in the previous quarter
- RPI Pensioners increased by 4.4% and RPI Low Income increased by 4.9% over the 12 months to March 2012; both rates of increase were lower than in the previous quarter
- RPI(Y) increased by 3.5% over the 12 months to March 2012, a rate of increase 0.2 pp lower than in the previous quarter
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