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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 16 August 2023

UK Core Inflation Rate 16 August 2023: 6.9% for July 2023, above the 6.8% forecast and unchanged from 6.9% in June 2023. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 16 Aug 2023 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
6.9%
July 2023
Forecast
6.8%
The market consensus
Previous
6.9%
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 16 August 2023: 6.9% for July 2023 against a 6.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Aug 2023Jul6.9%6.8%6.9%
19 Jul 2023Jun6.9%7.1%7.1%
21 Jun 2023May7.1%6.8%6.8%
24 May 2023Apr6.8%6.2%6.2%
19 Apr 2023Mar6.2%6%6.2%
22 Mar 2023Feb6.2%5.7%5.8%
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%
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