Inflation Statistics

Inflation Glossary

AER

Annual Effective Rate

AR

Average of Relatives

BT

UK telecommunication company formerly known as British Telecom

CD

Compact Disc

COICOP

Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose

COLI

Cost of Living Index

CPI

Consumer Prices Index

DCLG

Department for Communities and Local Government

DIY

Do It Yourself

DVLA

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc

ELSPA

Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association

EFS

Expenditure and Food Survey

EU

European Union

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIS

Geographic Information System

GM

Geometric Mean

GOR

Government Office Region

HHFCE

Household Final Consumption Expenditure

HICP

Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices

IDBR

Inter Departmental Business Register

IFS

Institute of Fiscal Studies

IPS

International Passenger Survey

ISP

Internet Service Provider

LCF

Living Costs and Food Survey

MIPs

Mortgage Interest Payments

MoT

(Former) Ministry of Transport; the MoT test is the annual test of a vehicle’s road-worthiness

NHS

National Health Service

ODPM

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OFCOM

Office of Communications

ONS

Office for National Statistics

PAYG

Pay As You Go

PC

Personal Computer

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PPS

Sampling with probability proportional to size

RA

Ratio of Averages

RPI

Retail Prices Index

RPIAC

Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee

RPIX

All items RPI excluding mortgage interest payments

RPIY

All items RPI excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes

SPI

Survey of Personal Incomes

SRS

Simple Random Sampling

SVR

Standard Variable Rate

TfL

Transport for London

TPI

Tax and Price Index

UK

United Kingdom

VAT

Value Added Tax