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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 October 2021

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 October 2021: 2.9% for September 2021, below the 3% forecast and down from 3.1% in August 2021. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 20 Oct 2021 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
2.9%
September 2021
Forecast
3%
The market consensus
Previous
3.1%
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 October 2021: 2.9% for September 2021 against a 3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Oct 2021Sep2.9%3%3.1%
15 Sep 2021Aug3.1%2.9%1.8%
18 Aug 2021Jul1.8%2.2%2.3%
14 Jul 2021Jun2.3%2%2%
16 Jun 2021May2%1.5%1.3%
19 May 2021Apr1.3%1.3%1.1%
21 Apr 2021Mar1.1%1.1%0.9%
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%
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