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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 June 2020

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 June 2020: 1.2% for May 2020, below the 1.3% forecast and down from 1.4% in April 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Wed 17 Jun 2020 at 06:00 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
1.2%
May 2020
Forecast
1.3%
The market consensus
Previous
1.4%
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 17 June 2020: 1.2% for May 2020 against a 1.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Jun 2020May1.2%1.3%1.4%
20 May 2020Apr1.4%1.5%1.6%
22 Apr 2020Mar1.6%1.6%1.7%
25 Mar 2020Feb1.7%1.5%1.6%
19 Feb 2020Jan1.6%1.5%1.4%
15 Jan 2020Dec1.4%1.7%1.7%
18 Dec 2019Nov1.7%1.7%1.7%
13 Nov 2019Oct1.7%1.7%1.7%
16 Oct 2019Sep1.7%1.7%1.5%
18 Sep 2019Aug1.5%1.8%1.9%
14 Aug 2019Jul1.9%1.8%1.8%
17 Jul 2019Jun1.8%1.8%1.7%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 20 May 2020The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 15 July 2020UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar