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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 March 2017

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 March 2017: 2% for February 2017, above the 1.8% forecast and up from 1.6% in January 2017. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 21 Mar 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
2%
February 2017
Forecast
1.8%
The market consensus
Previous
1.6%
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 21 March 2017: 2% for February 2017 against a 1.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Mar 2017Feb2%1.8%1.6%
14 Feb 2017Jan1.6%1.8%1.6%
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%
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