the retail price index

  • 41The Salisbury — is a Grade II* listed pub on Grand Parade in Harringay, north London. HistoryThe Salisbury was built and designed by John Cathles Hill, founder of The London Brick Company. The pub was opened in 1899 with W.A. Cathles, a cousin of Hill, as the… …

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  • 42consumer price index — noun (C) AmE a list of the prices of products that is prepared to show how much prices have increased during a particular period of time: retail price index BrE …

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  • 43index — A specialized average. Stock indexes may be calculated by establishing a base against which the current value of the stocks, commodities, bonds, etc., will change; for example, the S&P 500 index uses the 1941 1943 market value of the 500 stocks… …

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  • 44index — noun 1 list of names/topics ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive ▪ detailed ▪ general ▪ alphabetical ▪ card ( …

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  • 45index-linked gilts — gilts where the coupon payments and capital redemption value are linked to the increase in the Retail Price Index over the period the bond has been in issue. The bigger the increase in the Retail Price Index, the bigger the value of the coupon… …

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  • 46index-linked gilt — A gilt edged security in which the UK government has an obligation to increase both interest and redemption payments pro rata to increases in the Retail Price Index. Interest payments are calculated using the ratio of the RPI for the start date… …

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  • 47index-linked gilt — A gilt, the interest and capital of which change in line with the Retail Price Index. Exchange Handbook Glossary …

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  • 48Price-cap regulation — is a form of regulation designed in the 1980s by UK Treasury economist Stephen Littlechild, which has been applied to all of the privatized British network utilities. It is contrasted with rate of return regulation, in which utilities are… …

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  • 49Consumer Price Index — consumer price in·dex n: an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage earner purchases of goods and services in some base period – called also cost of living index; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. Consumer …

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  • 50Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index Japan — A Japanese index that measures the prices of goods created by firms at the producer and wholesaler level in Japan. The Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI) tracks changes in supply side prices within the Japanese economy. Changes in the… …

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