💷 RPI is an old method of calculating inflation, yet some firms still use it, including the British Medical Association gracegausden93 reports
RPI is used to calculate increases in housing costs such as mortgage interest payments and council tax, which are excluded from CPI. It is also used when calculating increases to student loans, road tax and Air Passenger Duty.
Meanwhile, CPI is used to calculate increases to welfare benefits, tax thresholds, state pension and public sector defined benefit pensions.Sarah Coles of Hargreaves Lansdown said: “The problem with RPI emerged around 2010 when the range of clothing in the basket of goods used to calculate RPI was expanded to make it more comparable through the seasons.
The variation CPIH was introduced at the same time, and is the government’s measure of choice. It does include housing, but in the form of ‘rental equivalence’, which also doesn’t reflect mortgage payments.
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