Market forecast: Cause for caution | Features

DAVIS LANGDON TENDER PRICE INDEX	DAVIS LANGDON BUILDING COST INDEX		RETAIL PRICES INDEX
	1976 = 100	Year on year % change	1976 = 100	Year on year % change		1976 = 100	Year on year % change
			min		max
2002	1		398	398	398		6.1		516	1.2
	2		405	405	405		5.7		522	1.1
	3		423	423	423		9		553	1.6
	4		421	421	421		7.4		554	2.5
2003	1		425	425	425		6.8		555	7.6
	2		424	424	424		4.7		560	7.3
	3		432	432	432		2.1		578	4.5
	4		434	434	434		3.1		577	4.2
2004	1		434	434	434		2.1		579	4.3
	2		436	436	436		2.8		586	4.6
	3		442	442	442		2.3		617	6.7
	4		454	454	454		4.6		618	7.1
2005	1		459	459	459		5.8		621	7.3
	2		458	458	458		5		623	6.3
	3		466	466	466		5.4		660	7
	4	p	472	472	472		4		659	6.6
2006	1	f	477		480	3.9		4.6	661	6.4
	2		481		485	5		5.9	665	6.7
	3		487		491	4.5		5.4	683	3.5
	4		491		496	4		5.1	685	3.9
2007	1		495		502	3.8		4.6	687	3.9
	2		502		509	4.4		4.9	688	3.5
	3		507		515	4.1		4.9	709	3.8
	4		511		521	4.1		5	711	3.8

Note: RPI forecasts based on averages of independent forecasts compiled by HM Treasury
p Provisional
f Forecast