UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 15 February 2023

UK Core Inflation Rate 15 February 2023: 5.8% for January 2023, below the 6.2% forecast and down from 6.3% in December 2022. It is the lowest reading since June 2022. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 15 Feb 2023 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
5.8%
January 2023
Forecast
6.2%
The market consensus
Previous
6.3%
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 15 February 2023: 5.8% for January 2023 against a 6.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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UK Core Inflation Rate 15 February 2023: 5.8% vs 6.2% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-core-cpi/2023-02-15

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Feb 2023Jan5.8%6.2%6.3%
18 Jan 2023Dec6.3%6.2%6.3%
14 Dec 2022Nov6.3%6.5%6.5%
16 Nov 2022Oct6.5%6.4%6.5%
19 Oct 2022Sep6.5%6.4%6.3%
14 Sep 2022Aug6.3%6.3%6.2%
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%