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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 19 September 2018

UK Core Inflation Rate 19 September 2018: 2.1% for August 2018, above the 1.8% forecast and up from 1.9% in July 2018. It is the highest reading since May 2018. 2 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 19 Sep 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%
August 2018
Forecast
1.8%
The market consensus
Previous
1.9%
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 19 September 2018: 2.1% for August 2018 against a 1.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Sep 2018Aug2.1%1.8%1.9%
15 Aug 2018Jul1.9%1.9%1.9%
18 Jul 2018Jun1.9%2.2%2.1%
13 Jun 2018May2.1%2.1%2.1%
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%
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