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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 12 April 2016

UK Core Inflation Rate 12 April 2016: 1.5% for March 2016, above the 1.3% forecast and up from 1.2% in February 2016. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 7 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 12 Apr 2016 at 08:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1.5%
March 2016
Forecast
1.3%
The market consensus
Previous
1.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A beat can support sterling as markets see underlying inflation as harder to bring down and price a tighter BoE path.

UK Core Inflation Rate 12 April 2016: 1.5% for March 2016 against a 1.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Apr 2016Mar1.5%1.3%1.2%
22 Mar 2016Feb1.2%1.2%1.2%
16 Feb 2016Jan1.2%1.3%1.4%
19 Jan 2016Dec1.4%1.2%1.2%
15 Dec 2015Nov1.2%1.2%1.1%
17 Nov 2015Oct1.1%1%1.0%
13 Oct 2015Sep1.0%1.1%1.0%
15 Sep 2015Aug1.0%—1.2%
18 Aug 2015Jul1.2%—0.8%
14 Jul 2015Jun0.8%—0.9%
16 Jun 2015May0.9%—0.8%
19 May 2015Apr0.8%—1.0%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 22 March 2016The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 17 May 2016UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar