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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2019

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2019: 1.8% for February 2019, below the 1.9% forecast and down from 1.9% in January 2019. It is the lowest reading since November 2018. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 20 Mar 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.

Actual
1.8%
February 2019
Forecast
1.9%
The market consensus
Previous
1.9%
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 20 March 2019: 1.8% for February 2019 against a 1.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2019Feb1.8%1.9%1.9%
13 Feb 2019Jan1.9%1.9%1.9%
16 Jan 2019Dec1.9%1.8%1.8%
19 Dec 2018Nov1.8%1.8%1.9%
14 Nov 2018Oct1.9%1.9%1.9%
17 Oct 2018Sep1.9%2%2.1%
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%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 13 February 2019The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 17 April 2019UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar