All publications related to inflation and price indices

The second in a series of biannual articles to update users on our research to modernise the measurement of consumer price inflation in the UK.

Research into using scanner data provided directly from UK retailers to integrate with other data sources in producing UK consumer price statistics.

A broad outline of the different methods used for classification of alternative data sources, including a more detailed set of methods that will be applied in the classification of grocery scanner data.

Monthly house price inflation in the UK, calculated using data from HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland.

Changes in the prices of goods bought and sold by UK manufacturers including price indices of materials and fuels purchased (input prices) and factory gate prices (output prices).

An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK. Includes measures of owner occupiers’ housing costs.

Price indices, percentage changes and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.

The effects of reweighting the UK consumer prices inflation basket accounting for changes in consumption patterns during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The estimated direct effect of implementing the tax rate changes announced in the March 2021 Budget, previous Budgets and pre-Budget reports on the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).

The proposed development plan for consumer price statistics considers a range of priorities, including the rationale for these priorities and their potential impact. Resource requirements and a broad timeline are included to provide users of prices statistics with a greater understanding of the planned development work.