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UK Core Inflation Rate

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 October 2026

UK Core Inflation Rate 21 October 2026: 2.8% for September 2026, above the 2.7% forecast and up from 2.6% in August 2026. It is the highest reading since March 2026. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 21 Oct 2026 at 06:00 UTC. The next release is due on Wed 18 Nov 2026 at 07:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 21 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
2.8%
September 2026
Forecast
2.7%
The market consensus
Previous
2.6%
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 October 2026: 2.8% for September 2026 against a 2.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Oct 2026Sep2.8%2.7%2.6%
16 Sep 2026Aug2.6%2.6%2.6%
19 Aug 2026Jul2.6%2.5%2.6%
22 Jul 2026Jun2.6%2.5%2.6%
17 Jun 2026May2.6%2.7%2.5%
20 May 2026Apr2.5%2.6%3.1%
22 Apr 2026Mar3.1%3.2%3.2%
25 Mar 2026Feb3.2%3.1%3.1%
18 Feb 2026Jan3.1%3.1%3.2%
19 Nov 2025Oct3.4%3.4%3.5%
22 Oct 2025Sep3.5%3.7%3.6%
17 Sep 2025Aug3.6%3.6%3.8%
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