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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2025

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2025: 3.8% for April 2025, above the 3.6% forecast and up from 3.4% in March 2025. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 21 May 2025 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
3.8%
April 2025
Forecast
3.6%
The market consensus
Previous
3.4%
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 21 May 2025: 3.8% for April 2025 against a 3.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 May 2025Apr3.8%3.6%3.4%
16 Apr 2025Mar3.4%3.4%3.5%
26 Mar 2025Feb3.5%3.6%3.7%
19 Feb 2025Jan3.7%3.7%3.2%
15 Jan 2025Dec3.2%3.4%3.5%
18 Dec 2024Nov3.5%3.6%3.3%
20 Nov 2024Oct3.3%3.1%3.2%
16 Oct 2024Sep3.2%3.4%3.6%
18 Sep 2024Aug3.6%3.5%3.3%
14 Aug 2024Jul3.3%3.4%3.5%
17 Jul 2024Jun3.5%3.5%3.5%
19 Jun 2024May3.5%3.5%3.9%
The release before:UK Core Inflation Rate 16 April 2025The release after:UK Core Inflation Rate 18 June 2025UK Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar