Breaking News

U.K. Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY

Latest Release

Apr 16, 2025

Actual

3.4%

Forecast

3.4%

3.5%

The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the changes in the price of goods and services, excluding food and energy. The CPI measures price change from the perspective of the consumer. It is a key way to measure changes in purchasing trends and inflation.
A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the GBP, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the GBP.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: GBP

Source: Office for National Statistics

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Apr 16, 2025 (Mar)	08:00	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%
Mar 26, 2025 (Feb)	09:00	3.5%	3.6%	3.7%
Feb 19, 2025 (Jan)	09:00	3.7%	3.7%	3.2%
Jan 15, 2025 (Dec)	09:00	3.2%	3.4%	3.5%
Dec 18, 2024 (Nov)	09:00	3.5%	3.6%	3.3%
Nov 20, 2024 (Oct)	09:00	3.3%	3.1%	3.2%

News

U.K. inflation cooled more than expected; March CPI rises 2.6% annually By Investing.com - Apr 16, 2025

Investing.com - U.K. inflation cooled by more than expected in March, providing some room for the Bank of England to cut interest rates once more next month. Annual consumer price inflation rose 2.6%...

U.K. CPI fell to 2.8% in February; Reeves to deliver Spring Statement By Investing.com - Mar 26, 2025

Investing.com - U.K. inflation advanced less than expected in February, providing something of a relief to Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepared to deliver her last Spring Statement to...

UK inflation growth slowed in December; CPI rose 2.5% By Investing.com - Jan 15, 2025

Investing.com - UK inflation was cooler than expected in December, potentially offering the Bank of England opportunity to cut interest rates when it next meets in February. Annual consumer price...

Analysis

BoE Prepares for Rate Cut Amidst Falling UK Inflation and Energy Cost Concerns By Zain Vawda - Apr 16, 2025

UK annual inflation dropped to 2.6% in March 2025, lower than expected, with notable decreases in recreation, culture, and transport prices. Markets are pricing in an 85% probability of a Bank of...

GBP/USD Analysis: Labor Data, Inflation Watch and Key Trading Levels By Zain Vawda - Apr 15, 2025

GBP/USD is trading at levels last seen in October 2024, with recent UK labor data showing wage growth. Market participants are watching for cues on the Bank of England's potential rate cut at the...

GBP/USD Rally Targets 1.41 as Dovish Fed, Hawkish BoE Add Bullish Fuel By Damian Nowiszewski - Sep 24, 2024

The Bank of England's hawkish stance has driven GBP/USD above 1.33. Traders should watch upcoming GDP figures for their potential impact on BOE decisions. As bulls target 1.41, the momentum could...

Core CPI (YoY) Discussion

We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind:

Enrich the conversation
Stay focused and on track. Only post material that’s relevant to the topic being discussed.
Be respectful. Even negative opinions can be framed positively and diplomatically.
Use standard writing style. Include punctuation and upper and lower cases.
NOTE: Spam and/or promotional messages and links within a comment will be removed
Avoid profanity, slander or personal attacks directed at an author or another user.
Don’t Monopolize the Conversation. We appreciate passion and conviction, but we also believe strongly in giving everyone a chance to air their thoughts. Therefore, in addition to civil interaction, we expect commenters to offer their opinions succinctly and thoughtfully, but not so repeatedly that others are annoyed or offended. If we receive complaints about individuals who take over a thread or forum, we reserve the right to ban them from the site, without recourse.
Only English comments will be allowed.

Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.

I have read and understood Investing.com South Africa's comment guidelines and agree to the terms described.

I Agree

Write your thoughts here

Are you sure you want to delete this chart?

Delete Cancel

Post

Post also to:

Replace the attached chart with a new chart ?

Replace Cancel

1000

Comment Guidelines

Your ability to comment is currently suspended due to negative user reports. Your status will be reviewed by our moderators.

Please wait a minute before you try to comment again.

Thanks for your comment. Please note that all comments are pending until approved by our moderators. It may therefore take some time before it appears on our website.

<div id="comment">
				<div class="comment js-comment" data-comment-id="{commentID}" id="comment-{commentID}" data-user-id="">
    <div class="mainComment js-content">
       <div class="commentInnerWrapper">
        <a href="{userLink}" class="js-user-link"><img src="{userImage}" width="33" height="33" alt="{usernameAlt}" class="img" onerror="this.src='https://i-invdn-com.investing.com/defaultUserMaleTmp.png';"></a><div class="commentBody">
                					<span class="commentUsername">
                    	<a href="{userLink}" class="js-user-link js-user-name">{username}</a>
					</span>
                                <span class="js-date" comment-date="{dateFormat}" comment-date-formatted="{dateFormatted}" title="{dateTitle}">Just Now</span>
                <div class="commentDropDown js-commentDropDownWrapper " data-user-id="" data-cid="{commentID}">
	<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="threeDotsIconSmall js-thinDropdownArrow"></a>
	<div class="tooltipPopup commentActionsPop noHeader js-commentDropDownOptions displayNone">
		<div class="addRow js-option share">
			<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="js-commentSharePopup" data-cid="{commentID}" data-curl="{commentLink}"><span class="smallShareIcon middle"></span>Share</a>
		</div>

<div class="js-option addRow follow">
            <div class="js-follow-post-button" data-reg_ep="follow comment">
                <span class="alertfollowIcon middle"></span>Follow this post            </div>
            <div class="js-unfollow-post-button displayNoneImp">
                <span class="alertUnfollowIcon middle"></span>Unfollow this post            </div>
        </div>

<div class="addRow js-option save"  data-reg_ep="save comment">
		<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="js-save-item-btn" data-item-type="comments" data-item-id="{commentID}">
			<i class="saveItemBigIcon middle"></i>
			Save		</a>
	</div>
	<div class="addRow saveItemsConfirmation noHover displayNone js-saveItemResult">
		
<div class="content js-saveItemSuccess displayNone">
	<span class="mediumGreenSuccessIcon"></span><span>Saved. See <a href="/members-admin/saved-items" target="_blank">Saved Items</a>.</span>
	<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="bugCloseIcon js-close"></a>
</div>
<div class="content js-saveItemAlreadySaved saveItemAlreadySaved displayNoneImp">
	<span>This comment has already been saved in your <a href="/members-admin/saved-items" target="_blank">Saved Items</a></span>
	<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="bugCloseIcon js-close"></a>
</div>
	</div>

<div class="addRow shareButtons js-sharePopup displayNone">
			<div class="js-shareComment"><span class="js-shareCommentSpan"></span></div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
                 <div class="commentAuthor js-comment-by-author"><span class="commentAuthorIcon"></span>Author's response</div>             </div>
		<div id="commentText-{commentID}" class="js-text-wrapper commentText withImage">
							<div id="commentBigChart{commentID}" class="commentBigChart js-comment-chart" onclick="openViewChartPopup('{commentID}')">
					<img src="https://d71-invdn-com.investing.com/comments_images/{commentImage}" alt="{commentAlt}">
					<i class="newMagnifyChartIcon"></i>
				</div>
						<span class="js-text">{commentContent}</span>
			<div class="clear"></div>
							<div class="commentButtons js-not-master-user">
					<a href="javascript:void(0)" class="reply js-reply-btn" data-real-parent-id="{commentID}" data-to-user-name="{username}" data-to-user-id="">Reply</a>
					<div class="inlineblock likeDislikeBox js-like-dislike-box" data-item-id="{commentID}">
	<input class="js-like-checkbox" type="checkbox" name="option" value="Yes" id="like_{commentID}">
	<label for="like_{commentID}" class="like" title="I agree"></label>
	<span class="numOfLikes js-like-count lighterGrayFont">0</span>
	<input class="js-dislike-checkbox" type="checkbox" name="option" value="No" id="dislike_{commentID}">
	<label for="dislike_{commentID}" class="dislike" title="I disagree"></label>
	<span class="numOfDislikes js-dislike-count lighterGrayFont">0</span>
</div>

<div class="reportComment js-flag float_lang_base_2">
                            <a href="javascript:void(0);" id="commentFlag_{commentID}">
                                <span class="reportCommentIcon middle"></span><span class="inlineblock middle">Report</span>
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    				</div>
					</div>
	   </div>
	</div>
	</div>			</div>
			<div id="reply">
				
    <div class="commentReply js-comment js-comment-reply" data-comment-id="{commentID}" id="comment-{commentID}" data-user-id="">
		<div class="commentInnerWrapper"><a href="{userLink}" class="js-user-link"><img src="{userImage}" width="33" height="33" alt="{usernameAlt}" class="img" onerror="this.src='https://i-invdn-com.investing.com/defaultUserMaleTmp.png';"></a><div class="commentBody js-content">
            				<span class="commentUsername">
					<a href="{userLink}" class="commentUsername js-user-link js-user-name" onMouseOver="">{username}</a>
				</span>
                        <span class="js-date" comment-date="{dateFormat}" comment-date-formatted="{dateFormatted}" title="{dateTitle}">Just Now</span>
			 <div class="commentAuthor js-comment-by-author"><span class="commentAuthorIcon"></span>Author's response</div> 			<div class="commentDropDown js-commentDropDownWrapper " data-user-id="" data-cid="{commentID}">
	<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="threeDotsIconSmall js-thinDropdownArrow"></a>
	<div class="tooltipPopup commentActionsPop noHeader js-commentDropDownOptions displayNone">
		<div class="addRow js-option share">
			<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="js-commentSharePopup" data-cid="{commentID}" data-curl="{commentLink}"><span class="smallShareIcon middle"></span>Share</a>
		</div>

</div>
		<div id="commentText-{commentID}" class="js-text-wrapper commentText withImage">
							<div id="commentBigChart{commentID}" class="replyBigChart displayNone js-comment-chart">
					<img src="https://d71-invdn-com.investing.com/comments_images/{commentImage}" alt="{commentAlt}">
					<i class="newMagnifyChartIcon"></i>
				</div>
				<span id="commentSmallChart{commentID}" class="commentSmallChart pointer js-comment-chart" onclick="openViewChartPopup('{commentID}')">
                    <img src="https://d71-invdn-com.investing.com/comments_images/{commentImageSmall}" width="116" height="52" alt="{commentAlt}">
                    <span class="chartMagnifyOverlay displayNone"></span>
                    <span class="searchGlassIcon chartMagnify displayNone"></span>
                </span>
						<span class="js-text">{commentContent}</span>
			<div class="clear"></div>
							<div class="commentButtons js-not-master-user">
					<a href="javascript:void(0)" class="reply js-reply-btn" data-real-parent-id="{commentID}" data-to-user-name="{username}" data-to-user-id="">Reply</a>
					<div class="inlineblock likeDislikeBox js-like-dislike-box" data-item-id="{commentID}">
	<input class="js-like-checkbox" type="checkbox" name="option" value="Yes" id="like_{commentID}">
	<label for="like_{commentID}" class="like" title="I agree"></label>
	<span class="numOfLikes js-like-count lighterGrayFont">0</span>
	<input class="js-dislike-checkbox" type="checkbox" name="option" value="No" id="dislike_{commentID}">
	<label for="dislike_{commentID}" class="dislike" title="I disagree"></label>
	<span class="numOfDislikes js-dislike-count lighterGrayFont">0</span>
</div>

Are you sure you want to delete this chart?

Delete Cancel

Post

Replace the attached chart with a new chart ?

Replace Cancel

1000

Comment Guidelines

Your ability to comment is currently suspended due to negative user reports. Your status will be reviewed by our moderators.

Please wait a minute before you try to comment again.

I feel that this comment is:

Spam

Offensive

Thank You!

Your report has been sent to our moderators for review

More Categories

1D1W1M6M1Y5YMax

South Africa Top 40	82,262.12	-271.75	-0.33%
S. Africa 40 Futures	83,260	-82	-0.10%
US 30	39,229.5	-439.9	-1.11%
US 500	5,297.9	+22.2	+0.42%
US Tech 100	18,304.3	+46.7	+0.26%
DAX Futures	21,360.0	-116.0	-0.54%
Dollar Index	99.130	-0.010	-0.01%

Gold	3,341.30	-5.10	-0.15%
Silver	32.545	+0.005	+0.02%
Crude Oil WTI	64.68	+2.21	+3.54%
Brent Oil	67.96	+2.11	+3.20%
Natural Gas	3.245	-0.002	-0.06%
Copper	4.7050	-0.0003	-0.01%
US Corn	482.50	-1.50	-0.31%

USD/ZAR	18.8101	+0.0280	+0.15%
EUR/USD	1.1391	+0.0028	+0.25%
GBP/USD	1.3294	+0.0029	+0.22%
USD/JPY	142.17	-0.24	-0.17%
GBP/JPY	189.00	+0.09	+0.05%
USD/CAD	1.3848	+0.0016	+0.12%
AUD/USD	0.6376	-0.0014	-0.22%

Nampak	40,999	+398	+0.98%
MTN	11,003	-194	-1.73%
Standard Bank	22,430	+182	+0.82%
FirstRand Ltd	6,968	+31	+0.45%
Capitec	309,212	+1212	+0.39%
African Rainbow Minerals	17,101	-199	-1.15%
Naspers	450,900	+4815	+1.08%

	Interest Rates	Next Meeting
SARB	7.50%	May 29, 2025
FED	4.50%	May 07, 2025
BOE	4.50%	May 08, 2025
ECB	2.40%	Jun 05, 2025
SNB	0.25%	Jun 19, 2025
RBA	4.10%	May 20, 2025
RBNZ	3.50%	May 28, 2025
BOJ	0.50%	May 01, 2025
CBR	21.00%	Apr 25, 2025
RBI	6.00%	Jun 06, 2025
PBOC	3.10%
BCB	14.25%	May 07, 2025