The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) has again decreased, to 1.9% in April 2014 from 2.6% in March 2014.
Excluding housing costs, the annual rate of inflation shown by the RPI has also decreased to 2.2% in April, down from 2.5% in March 2014.
The annual rate of inflation shown by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) decreased to 1.0% down from 1.6% in March 2014.