| 11. | Headline inflation, as measured by the retail price index is now at 3.5 percent
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| 12. | Merrill Lynch's Kwan forecasts the full-year retail price index will be about 4 percent.
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| 13. | The May retail price index report is due out tomorrow.
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| 14. | Unlike the national Consumer Price Index, the retail price index doesn't include utilities or services.
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| 15. | The retail price index rose 6.6 percent in that period, the lowest in four years.
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| 16. | The retail price index excludes service and utility costs, and accords less weight to food.
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| 17. | U . K . index-linked bonds have their returns pegged to the retail price index.
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| 18. | China's retail price index has also fallen this year.
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| 19. | The retail price index dipped to 7.4 percent in April from 7.7 percent in March.
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| 20. | Inflation, as measured by the retail price index, peaked two years ago at 21.7 percent.
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