21. The retail price index rose 0.8 percent, compared to a 6.2 percent rise in 1996. 22. These items aren't reflected in the retail price index . 23. Beef has a weighting of 6 out of 1, 000 in the retail price index . 24. The economists forecast the nation's retail price index at 14.7 percent for the full calendar year. 25. Headline inflation, as measured by the retail price index is now at 3 . 5 percent 26. The return on these bonds is linked to inflation as measured by the retail price index . 27. Unlike the broader consumer price index, the retail price index does not include services or utilities. 28. Merrill Lynch's Kwan forecasts the full-year retail price index in 1997 will be about 4 percent. 29. :The Bank of England no longer relies primarily on a retail price index for tracking inflation. 30. China's retail price index hit 13.2 percent in 1993 and soared to 21.7 percent in 1994.
