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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 16 September 2020

UK Core Inflation Rate 16 September 2020: 0.9% for August 2020, above the 0.6% forecast and down from 1.8% in July 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Wed 16 Sep 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
0.9%
August 2020
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
1.8%
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 16 September 2020: 0.9% for August 2020 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Sep 2020Aug0.9%0.6%1.8%
19 Aug 2020Jul1.8%1.3%1.4%
15 Jul 2020Jun1.4%1.2%1.2%
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%
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