Highlights
CPIH: % change over 12 months
Not a National Statistic. Change over 12 months
2.7 %
2017 MAY
- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
UK consumer price inflation: May 2017
What's in the bulletin?
- The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH, not a National Statistic) 12-month inflation rate was 2.7% in May 2017, up from 2.6% in April.
- The rate has been steadily increasing following a period of relatively low inflation in 2015 and is at its highest since April 2012.
- Rising prices for recreational and cultural goods and services (particularly games, toys and hobbies) was the main contributor to the increase in the rate.
Time series related to Inflation and price indices
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CPIH: % change over 12 months
Not a National Statistic. Change over 12 months
2.7 % 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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CPIH All Items Index: 2015=100
Not a National Statistic. Index, 2015 = 100
103.5 Index, base year = 100 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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CPI: Consumer Prices Index (% change)
Change over 12 months
2.9 % 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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CPI All Items Index: Estimated pre-97 2015=100
Index, 2015 = 100
103.3 Index, base year = 100 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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RPI All Items: Percentage change over 12 months: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Change over 12 months
3.7 % 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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RPI All Items Index: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Index, 1987 = 100
271.7 Index, base year = 100 2017 MAY- Release date:
- 13 June 2017
- Next release:
- 18 July 2017
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Consumer price inflation basket of goods and services: 2017
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Revisions policy for consumer price inflation statistics
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Consumer price inflation, updating weights: 2017
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Guide to changes to consumer price inflation statistics: March 2017
Guide to the changes to the Office for National Statistics's consumer price inflation statistics from 21 March 2017.
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Estimated effect of the budget on consumer price inflation: Spring 2017
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