All publications related to inflation and price indices

A detailed look into recent drivers of UK consumer price inflation.

Use our inflation calculator to see how increases in the cost of living have affected you in the past year

The review process for the items making up the inflation basket used to calculate the UK consumer price inflation indices and how and why the various items in the basket are chosen.

An overview of the latest annual update of Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) weights.

Analysis of the impact rising gas and elecricity prices are having on the cost of living

Measuring material welfare of households of European countries, using actual individual consumption per head and price levels for consumer goods and services.

The estimated direct effect of implementing the tax rate changes announced in the Autumn 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).

Research into using product grouping to mitigate downward biases in our clothing web-scraped indices caused by products entering and leaving the market fast.

Plans to incorporate new data sources and methods into the structure of UK consumer price indices from 2023, including changes to the existing hierarchy and methods of weighting different strata.

Price movements of construction materials and plant hire between 2019 and 2021 and their causes.