UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 22 June 2022

UK Core Inflation Rate 22 June 2022: 5.9% for May 2022, below the 6% forecast and down from 6.2% in April 2022. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 22 Jun 2022 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
5.9%
May 2022
Forecast
6%
The market consensus
Previous
6.2%
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 22 June 2022: 5.9% for May 2022 against a 6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Jun 2022May5.9%6%6.2%
18 May 2022Apr6.2%6.2%5.7%
13 Apr 2022Mar5.7%5.4%5.2%
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%