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Retail price index

The Retail Price Index (RPI) measure of inflation.

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
'26	406.4	408.2	411.4
'25	391.7	394.0	395.3	402.2	402.9	404.5
'24	378.0	381.0	383.0	385.0	386.4	387.3
'23	360.3	364.5	367.2	372.8	375.3	376.4
'22	317.7	320.2	323.5	334.6	337.1	340.0
'21	294.6	296.0	296.9	301.1	301.9	304.0
'20	290.6	292.0	292.6	292.6	292.2	292.7
'19	283.0	285.0	285.1	288.2	289.2	289.6
'18	276.0	278.1	278.3	279.7	280.7	281.5
'17	265.5	268.4	269.3	270.6	271.7	272.3
'16	258.8	260.0	261.1	261.4	262.1	263.1
'15	255.4	256.7	257.1	258.0	258.5	258.9
'14	252.6	254.2	254.8	255.7	255.9	256.3
'13	245.8	247.6	248.7	249.5	250.0	249.7
'12	238.0	239.9	240.8	242.5	242.4	241.8
'11	229.0	231.0	232.5	234.4	235.2	235.2
'10	217.9	219.2	220.7	222.8	223.6	224.1
'09	210.1	211.4	211.3	211.5	212.8	213.4
'08	209.8	211.4	212.1	214.0	215.1	216.8
'07	201.6	203.1	204.4	205.4	206.2	207.3
'06	193.4	194.2	195.0	196.5	197.7	198.5
'05	188.9	189.6	190.5	191.6	192.0	192.2
'04	183.1	183.8	184.6	185.7	186.5	186.8
'03	178.4	179.3	179.9	181.2	181.5	181.3
'02	173.3	173.8	174.5	175.7	176.2	176.2
'01	171.1	172.0	172.2	173.1	174.2	174.4
'00	166.6	167.5	168.4	170.1	170.7	171.1
'99	163.4	163.7	164.1	165.2	165.6	165.6
'98	159.5	160.3	160.8	162.6	163.5	163.4
'97	154.4	155.0	155.4	156.3	156.9	157.5
'96	150.2	150.9	151.5	152.6	152.9	153.0
'95	146.0	146.9	147.5	149.0	149.6	149.8
'94	141.3	142.1	142.5	144.2	144.7	144.7
'93	137.9	138.8	139.3	140.6	141.1	141.0
'92	135.6	136.3	136.7	138.8	139.3	139.3
'91	130.2	130.9	131.4	133.1	133.5	134.1
'90	119.5	120.2	121.4	125.1	126.2	126.7
'89	111.0	111.8	112.3	114.3	115.0	115.4
'88	103.3	103.7	104.1	105.8	106.2	106.6
'87	100.0	100.4	100.6	101.8	101.9	101.9

Date	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
'26
'25	406.2	407.7	406.1	407.4	405.6	408.5
'24	387.5	389.9	388.6	390.7	390.9	392.1
'23	374.2	376.6	378.4	377.8	377.3	379.0
'22	343.2	345.2	347.6	356.2	358.3	360.4
'21	305.5	307.4	308.6	312.0	314.3	317.7
'20	294.2	293.3	294.3	294.3	293.5	295.4
'19	289.5	291.7	291.0	290.4	291.0	291.9
'18	281.7	284.2	284.1	284.5	284.6	285.6
'17	272.9	274.7	275.1	275.3	275.8	278.1
'16	263.4	264.4	264.9	264.8	265.5	267.1
'15	258.6	259.8	259.6	259.5	259.8	260.6
'14	256.0	257.0	257.6	257.7	257.1	257.5
'13	249.7	251.0	251.9	251.9	252.1	253.4
'12	242.1	243.0	244.2	245.6	245.6	246.8
'11	234.7	236.1	237.9	238.0	238.5	239.4
'10	223.6	224.5	225.3	225.8	226.8	228.4
'09	213.4	214.4	215.3	216.0	216.6	218.0
'08	216.5	217.2	218.4	217.7	216.0	212.9
'07	206.1	207.3	208.0	208.9	209.7	210.9
'06	198.5	199.2	200.1	200.4	201.1	202.7
'05	192.2	192.6	193.1	193.3	193.6	194.1
'04	186.8	187.4	188.1	188.6	189.0	189.9
'03	181.3	181.6	182.5	182.6	182.7	183.5
'02	175.9	176.4	177.6	177.9	178.2	178.5
'01	173.3	174.0	174.6	174.3	173.6	173.4
'00	170.5	170.5	171.17	171.6	172.1	172.2
'99	165.1	165.5	166.2	166.5	166.7	167.3
'98	163.0	163.7	164.4	164.5	166.7	167.3
'97	157.5	158.5	159.3	159.5	159.6	160.0
'96	152.4	153.1	153.8	153.8	153.9	154.4
'95	149.1	149.9	150.6	149.8	149.8	150.7
'94	144.0	144.7	145.0	145.2	145.3	146.0
'93	140.7	141.3	141.9	141.8	141.6	141.9
'92	138.8	138.9	139.4	139.9	139.7	139.2
'91	133.8	134.1	134.6	135.1	135.6	135.7
'90	126.8	128.1	129.3	130.3	130.0	129.9
'89	115.5	115.8	116.6	117.5	118.5	118.8
'88	106.7	107.9	108.4	109.5	110.0	110.3
'87	101.8	102.1	102.4	102.9	103.4	103.3

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