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CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
0.8 %
2020 DEC
- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
Consumer price inflation, UK: December 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) 12-month inflation rate was 0.8% in December 2020, up from 0.6% in November; the largest contribution to the CPIH 12-month inflation rate came from recreation and culture (0.35 percentage points).
- On a monthly basis, the CPIH grew by 0.2% in December 2020, following a 0.1% fall in November.
- Rising transport costs contributed 0.11 percentage points to the monthly change, while increasing prices for clothing, and recreation and culture items both contributed 0.10 percentage points to help increase inflation; these were partially offset by a downward contribution from falling food and non-alcoholic beverages.
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CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
0.8 % 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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CPIH INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Index, 2015 = 100
109.4 Index, base year = 100 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
0.6 % 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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CPI INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Index, 2015 = 100
109.2 Index, base year = 100 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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RPI All Items: Percentage change over 12 months: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Change over 12 months
1.2 % 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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RPI All Items Index: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Index, 1987 = 100
295.4 Index, base year = 100 2020 DEC- Release date:
- 20 January 2021
- Next release:
- 17 February 2021
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