0 An index-linked investment or government payment changes by the same amount as the general level of prices: --
1 an index-linked investment or payment changes by the same amount as the general level of prices, or in relation to another fixed standard: --
It shows that the real return available on index-linked gilts is less than half that available on equities.
I agree that child benefit is not yet at the level where it should be index-linked.
Unlike private sector pension schemes, the nationalised industries' schemes are index-linked, as are also all the local authority pension schemes.
Estimates of the total costs to public funds of index-linked pension schemes in the public sector could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The full amount should be made available to eligible estates and the grant should be reviewed regularly—and preferably be index-linked—to ensure that it remains adequate.
We have had the idea of local schemes, with a nationally determined licence fee, index-linked.
How does one sort out which half receives index-linked pensions and which half does not?
There are a range of factors affecting the market for annuities of all kinds, including index-linked annuities.