UK Core Inflation Rate 16 January 2019
UK Core Inflation Rate 16 January 2019: 1.9% for December 2018, above the 1.8% forecast and up from 1.8% in November 2018. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 16 Jan 2019 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.
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.

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UK Core Inflation Rate 16 January 2019: 1.9% vs 1.8% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-core-cpi/2019-01-16