P229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 8 May 21:15/47  4/6    RETAIL PRICE INFLATION RPI Inflation Rate 350  8  -  -  340  6  -  -  330  4  -  -  mamjjasondjfm % mamjjasondjfm Retail Price Index March: 345.1, up 0.3pc from February XJan 1974=1OO). Annual Inflation Rate 5.2pc, after 5.1pc in year to February. More
P229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 8 May 21:21/30  5/6    AVERAGE EARNINGS Average Underlying Earnings 12-month Index Increase 155  9  -  -  150  8  -  -  145  7  fmamjjasondjf % fmamjjasNndjf Earnings Index February: 155.5 (154.7 in January), a 12-month rise of 5.6pc. (The underlying rise is put at 7.75pc).NB Whole Economy Index XJan 1980 = 100) (NB Seasonally adjusted) More
P229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 8 May 21:12/28  6/6    UNEMPLOYMENT Out of 'ork Vacanciec 170  14  -  - ************ 150  13  -  -  130  12  -  % mamjjasondjfm 'OOO mamjjasondjfm Unemployment in month to mid-March was 12.6pc, after February's 12.6pc. Notified Vacancies rose by 100 in the month to mid-March to 148,800. NB Seasonally adj/excl schNol-leavers ( * Excluding men aged 60 and over) More