United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 113632
Government Securities: Index Linking
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10 November 2020
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16 November 2020 · Answer
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16 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of continuing with an RPI-like measure until such time as index-linked Government bonds based on RPI have matured.
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10 November 2020
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of continuing with an RPI-like measure until such time as index-linked Government bonds based on RPI have matured.
Source: Commons
16 November 2020
Answer
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) is a measure of inflation with a number of shortcomings. To address these shortcomings, the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has made a proposal to reform RPI by bringing the methods and data sources of the Consumer Prices Inde...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-10/113632
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1250452
- uk · wq-1250452 · source updated 16 November 2020