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UK Inflation Rate (CPI)

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 May 2021

UK Inflation Rate (CPI) 19 May 2021: 1.5% for April 2021, above the 1.4% forecast and up from 0.7% in March 2021. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 7 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 1.5%, below the 2% target. It was released on Wed 19 May 2021 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
1.5%
April 2021
Forecast
1.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.7%
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 May 2021: 1.5% for April 2021 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 May 2021Apr1.5%1.4%0.7%
21 Apr 2021Mar0.7%0.8%0.4%
24 Mar 2021Feb0.4%0.8%0.7%
17 Feb 2021Jan0.7%0.6%0.6%
20 Jan 2021Dec0.6%0.5%0.3%
16 Dec 2020Nov0.3%0.6%0.7%
18 Nov 2020Oct0.7%0.6%0.5%
21 Oct 2020Sep0.5%0.5%0.2%
16 Sep 2020Aug0.2%0%1%
19 Aug 2020Jul1%0.6%0.6%
15 Jul 2020Jun0.6%0.4%0.5%
17 Jun 2020May0.5%0.5%0.8%
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