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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 24 March 2021

UK Core Inflation Rate 24 March 2021: 0.9% for February 2021, below the 1.4% forecast and down from 1.4% in January 2021. It is the lowest reading since August 2020. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 07:00 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%
February 2021
Forecast
1.4%
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 24 March 2021: 0.9% for February 2021 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 Mar 2021Feb0.9%1.4%1.4%
17 Feb 2021Jan1.4%1.3%1.4%
20 Jan 2021Dec1.4%1.3%1.1%
16 Dec 2020Nov1.1%1.4%1.5%
18 Nov 2020Oct1.5%1.3%1.3%
21 Oct 2020Sep1.3%1.3%0.9%
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%
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