CPIH

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, CPIH has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The BMJ (Jan 2026). Presented as a compromise measure of inflation that includes housing costs, more reflective of living expenses.

The consumer price index in the United Kingdom is a family of official price indices produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that measure changes over time in the prices of goods and services purchased by households. The main indices are the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). CPI and CPIH are constructed from a representative "basket" of around 700 goods and services with about 180