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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2024

UK Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2024: 4.5% for February 2024, below the 4.6% forecast and down from 5.1% in January 2024. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Wed 20 Mar 2024 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
4.5%
February 2024
Forecast
4.6%
The market consensus
Previous
5.1%
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 20 March 2024: 4.5% for February 2024 against a 4.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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UK Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2024: 4.5% vs 4.6% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-core-cpi/2024-03-20

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2024Feb4.5%4.6%5.1%
14 Feb 2024Jan5.1%5.2%5.1%
17 Jan 2024Dec5.1%4.9%5.1%
20 Dec 2023Nov5.1%5.6%5.7%
15 Nov 2023Oct5.7%5.8%6.1%
18 Oct 2023Sep6.1%6%6.2%
20 Sep 2023Aug6.2%6.8%6.9%
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%
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