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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 22 May 2024

UK Core Inflation Rate 22 May 2024: 3.9% for April 2024, above the 3.6% forecast and down from 4.2% in March 2024. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Wed 22 May 2024 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
3.9%
April 2024
Forecast
3.6%
The market consensus
Previous
4.2%
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 22 May 2024: 3.9% for April 2024 against a 3.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 May 2024Apr3.9%3.6%4.2%
17 Apr 2024Mar4.2%4.1%4.5%
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%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 17 April 2024The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 19 June 2024UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar