Tag: UK Inflation
UK inflation holds at 4% in January
CPI: 4.0% YoY (Dec: 4.0%); Core CPI: 5.1% YoY (Dec: 5.1%)
Leading indicator for UK goods inflation
One of the leading indicators Bank of England (BoE) uses to predict the future direction of goods inflation is the manufacturing producer price index (PPI) growth rate. The close relation, however, has broken down in the past year.
UK house prices continue to fall in May, Nationwide reports
UK average property prices were 3.4% lower compared to the previous year, accelerating the annual fall of 2.7% in April.
UK CPI inflation eases to 8.7% but food inflation still close to 20%
The headline CPI figure slowed down to 8.7% in April, from 10.1% in March, while core inflation accelerated to 6.8%, from 6.2%
UK inflation remains above 10% as food prices continues rapid rise
The UK CPI rose 10.1% in the year to March, still remain in double digits even though analysts expected the annual rate to fall to 9.8%
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