Forex Fundamentals
UK Inflation Rate (CPI)

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 August 2020

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 August 2020: 1% for July 2020, above the 0.6% forecast and up from 0.6% in June 2020. It is the highest reading since March 2020. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. Printed 1%, below the 2% target. It was released on Wed 19 Aug 2020 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
1%
July 2020
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear beat, especially if inflation remains well above 2% or services prices are firm, can strengthen sterling as markets price a tighter BoE path.

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 August 2020: 1% for July 2020 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 August 2020: 1% vs 0.6% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-cpi/2020-08-19

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Aug 2020Jul1%0.6%0.6%
15 Jul 2020Jun0.6%0.4%0.5%
17 Jun 2020May0.5%0.5%0.8%
20 May 2020Apr0.8%0.9%1.5%
22 Apr 2020Mar1.5%1.5%1.7%
25 Mar 2020Feb1.7%1.7%1.8%
19 Feb 2020Jan1.8%1.6%1.3%
15 Jan 2020Dec1.3%1.5%1.5%
18 Dec 2019Nov1.5%1.4%1.5%
13 Nov 2019Oct1.5%1.6%1.7%
16 Oct 2019Sep1.7%1.8%1.7%
18 Sep 2019Aug1.7%1.9%2.1%
The release before:UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 15 July 2020The release after:UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 16 September 2020UK Inflation Rate (CPI): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar