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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 January 2017

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 January 2017: 1.6% for December 2016, above the 1.4% forecast and up from 1.4% in November 2016. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Jan 2017 at 09:30 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
1.6%
December 2016
Forecast
1.4%
The market consensus
Previous
1.4%
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 17 January 2017: 1.6% for December 2016 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Jan 2017Dec1.6%1.4%1.4%
13 Dec 2016Nov1.4%1.3%1.2%
15 Nov 2016Oct1.2%1.5%1.5%
18 Oct 2016Sep1.5%1.4%1.3%
13 Sep 2016Aug1.3%1.4%1.3%
16 Aug 2016Jul1.3%1.3%1.4%
19 Jul 2016Jun1.4%1.3%1.2%
14 Jun 2016May1.2%1.3%1.2%
17 May 2016Apr1.2%1.4%1.5%
12 Apr 2016Mar1.5%1.3%1.2%
22 Mar 2016Feb1.2%1.2%1.2%
16 Feb 2016Jan1.2%1.3%1.4%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 13 December 2016The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 14 February 2017UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar