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Retail Prices Index (RPI) report for September 2010

Produced by the Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by Statistics Unit and published on 22 Oct 2010
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 September 2010 and shows that:

  • during the 12 months to September 2010 the All-Items Retail Prices Index (RPI) for Jersey increased by 2.1% to stand at 142.6 (June 2000 = 100)
  • the change in the RPI during the 12 months to June 2010 was 2.8%, implying that the annual rate of inflation fell by 0.7 percentage points in the latest quarter
  • RPI(X)1 and RPI(Y)2 increased by 1.9% and 2.0%, respectively, over the 12 months to September 2010
  • both measures of underlying inflation, the annual increases in RPI(X) and RPI(Y), fell by 0.7 percentage points in the latest quarter
  • the latest annual increase in RPI(X) equals the lowest recorded in the 10-year period that this index has been produced for Jersey
  • the annual rates of increase of RPI Pensioners and RPI Low Income over the 12 months to September 2010 were 2.0% and 2.1%, respectively

Download Retail Pices Index Sept 2010 report (size 134kb)
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