The following table shows the UK's Retail Price Index from 1970 to 2009. As you can see, the index was reset to 100 in January 1974, and again in January 1987.
What is the annual rate of inflation for each year? The UK government publishes several values for inflation, each of which is calculated in a different way. How do the figures above compare with other published results? Why are there differences? How do these figures compare with those from other countries?