Planned changes to inflation calculations could hit gilt-holders

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The Chancellor is on a collision course with bond markets over plans to change how inflation is calculated.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will announce on Thursday its recommendation for changing how the retail prices index (RPI) is calculated, the Sunday Times reports. A switch could bring the exchequer a £3.8bn windfall from a reduction in interest payments. The move will have big implications for investors, including pension funds, that hold index-linked gilts The ONS is expected to recommend bringing RPI into line with the other main inflation measure, the consumer prices index (CPI). This could cut RPI by up to one percentage point and slash interest payments to holders o...

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