So in the end the Office for National Statistics bucked expectation and decided to keep things the same. Well, apart from adding one more measure of inflation to their three already often-criticised measures.
Some industry members understandably welcomed the announcement. With the retail prices index being written into long-term financial contracts, and with some pensioner benefits being uprated by RPI,...
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