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UK Inflation Rate (CPI)

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 May 2016

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 May 2016: 0.3% for April 2016, below the 0.5% forecast and down from 0.5% in March 2016. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 0.3%, below the 2% target. It was released on Tue 17 May 2016 at 08:30 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
0.3%
April 2016
Forecast
0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or move closer to target can weaken sterling if traders expect earlier or faster rate cuts.

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 May 2016: 0.3% for April 2016 against a 0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2016Apr0.3%0.5%0.5%
12 Apr 2016Mar0.5%0.4%0.3%
22 Mar 2016Feb0.3%0.4%0.3%
16 Feb 2016Jan0.3%0.3%0.2%
19 Jan 2016Dec0.2%0.2%0.1%
15 Dec 2015Nov0.1%0.1%-0.1%
17 Nov 2015Oct-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%
13 Oct 2015Sep-0.1%0%0.0%
15 Sep 2015Aug0.0%0.0%0.1%
18 Aug 2015Jul0.1%0%0.0%
14 Jul 2015Jun0.0%0.0%0.1%
16 Jun 2015May0.1%0.1%-0.1%
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