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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 18 September 2019

UK Core Inflation Rate 18 September 2019: 1.5% for August 2019, below the 1.8% forecast and down from 1.9% in July 2019. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 18 Sep 2019 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
1.5%
August 2019
Forecast
1.8%
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 18 September 2019: 1.5% for August 2019 against a 1.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Sep 2019Aug1.5%1.8%1.9%
14 Aug 2019Jul1.9%1.8%1.8%
17 Jul 2019Jun1.8%1.8%1.7%
19 Jun 2019May1.7%1.7%1.8%
22 May 2019Apr1.8%1.9%1.8%
17 Apr 2019Mar1.8%1.9%1.8%
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%
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