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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 August 2022

UK Core Inflation Rate 17 August 2022: 6.2% for July 2022, above the 5.9% forecast and up from 5.8% in June 2022. It is the highest reading since April 2022. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 17 Aug 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
6.2%
July 2022
Forecast
5.9%
The market consensus
Previous
5.8%
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 17 August 2022: 6.2% for July 2022 against a 5.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Aug 2022Jul6.2%5.9%5.8%
20 Jul 2022Jun5.8%5.8%5.9%
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%
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