The use of the retail price index (RPI)
Inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee, 7 June 2018 to 7 June 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 5th Report - Measuring Inflation (17 January 2019)
- Letter from Dr Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England to the Chairman (28 January 2019) (Letter from Governor of the Bank of England regarding the Committee's RPI report.) (1 March 2019)
Evidence sessions
- 12 June 2018: Jonathan Athow, Deputy National Statistician, Director-General for Economic Statistics, Office for National Statistics; Sir David Norgrove, Chair, UK Statistics Authority.
- 12 June 2018: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times; Paul Johnson CBE, Director, IFS.
- 19 June 2018: Simon Briscoe, Consultant on Statistical Matters; David Lloyd, Head of Institutional Portfolio Management, M&G Investments; Dr Geoff Tily, Senior Economist, Trades Union Congress.
- 10 July 2018: Rt Hon. Elizabeth Truss MP, Chief Secretary to HM Treasury, Steven Farrington, Deputy Director, HM Treasury, Sir Robert Stheeman, Chief Executive, United Kingdom Debt Management Office.
- 17 July 2018: John Pullinger CB, UK National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.
- 9 October 2018: Dr Ben Broadbent, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England