I am looking for the overall rate of inflation over this period rather than a breakdown of inflation each month during the period.
2007-10-17 08:37:50 · 4 answers · asked by mhawthorn 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Here are some links that might help:
2007-10-17 08:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uk inflation data is collected by the Office for National Statistics. They collect a number of different measures for inflation - CPI, RPI, RPIX, GDP deflator and others as well. The most commonly used one is CPI - the Consumer Price Index (This is the measure targeted by the Bank of England). Data for this can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/tsdataset.asp?vlnk=7174&Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=176 . To get a single measure of inflation since 1999 all you need to do is open the CPI Index (this is shown as series D7BT). This is the inflation index and not the inflation rate (they are different). To turn into an inflation figure for the period you simply need to calculate the amount the index has grown by. In Jan 1999 it was 91.4 and in Sept 2007 it was 104.8 - inflation is therefore ((104.8-91.4)/91.4)*100=14.66%. Therefore high street prices have grown by 14.6% since the beginning of 1999.
2007-10-18 08:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by fencerman003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=181
2007-10-17 16:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe a libary.....
2007-10-17 15:45:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋