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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 23 May 2018

UK Core Inflation Rate 23 May 2018: 2.1% for April 2018, below the 2.2% forecast and down from 2.3% in March 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Wed 23 May 2018 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
2.1%
April 2018
Forecast
2.2%
The market consensus
Previous
2.3%
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 23 May 2018: 2.1% for April 2018 against a 2.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 May 2018Apr2.1%2.2%2.3%
18 Apr 2018Mar2.3%2.5%2.4%
20 Mar 2018Feb2.4%2.5%2.7%
13 Feb 2018Jan2.7%2.6%2.5%
16 Jan 2018Dec2.5%2.6%2.7%
12 Dec 2017Nov2.7%2.7%2.7%
14 Nov 2017Oct2.7%2.8%2.7%
17 Oct 2017Sep2.7%2.7%2.7%
12 Sep 2017Aug2.7%2.5%2.4%
15 Aug 2017Jul2.4%2.5%2.4%
18 Jul 2017Jun2.4%2.6%2.6%
13 Jun 2017May2.6%2.4%2.4%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 18 April 2018The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 13 June 2018UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar