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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 15 August 2017

UK Core Inflation Rate 15 August 2017: 2.4% for July 2017, below the 2.5% forecast and unchanged from 2.4% in June 2017. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 15 Aug 2017 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
2.4%
July 2017
Forecast
2.5%
The market consensus
Previous
2.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss can weigh on sterling if it suggests core price pressures are easing and the BoE has more room to cut.

UK Core Inflation Rate 15 August 2017: 2.4% for July 2017 against a 2.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Aug 2017Jul2.4%2.5%2.4%
18 Jul 2017Jun2.4%2.6%2.6%
13 Jun 2017May2.6%2.4%2.4%
16 May 2017Apr2.4%2.2%1.8%
11 Apr 2017Mar1.8%1.9%2%
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%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 18 July 2017The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 12 September 2017UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar