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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 23 March 2022

UK Core Inflation Rate 23 March 2022: 5.2% for February 2022, above the 5% forecast and up from 4.4% in January 2022. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the fifth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Wed 23 Mar 2022 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
5.2%
February 2022
Forecast
5%
The market consensus
Previous
4.4%
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 23 March 2022: 5.2% for February 2022 against a 5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 Mar 2022Feb5.2%5%4.4%
16 Feb 2022Jan4.4%4.3%4.2%
19 Jan 2022Dec4.2%3.9%4.0%
15 Dec 2021Nov4.0%3.7%3.4%
17 Nov 2021Oct3.4%3.1%2.9%
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%
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