UK Inflation History 1993 - 1999 Updated for January 2008 Key Moneyextra.com recommends you take independent financial advice before acting on any article 2009-02-17 00:00:00 © Moneyextra.com
Headline inflation the all items index;
Underlying inflation the inflation rate excluding mortgage costs.
Headline Underlying Consumer Prices Index
previously known as Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices Annual Index Annual Index Annual Index 2008 July 5.0 216.5 5.3 210 4.4 109.0 Jun 4.6 216.8 4.8 210.3 3.8 109.0 May 4.3 215.1 4.4 208.7 3.3 108.3 Apr 4.2 214.0 4.0 207.2 3.0 107.6 Mar 3.8 212.1 3.5 205.3 2.5 106.7 Feb 4.1 211.4 3.7 204.3 2.5 106.3 Jan 4.1 209.8 3.4 202.7 2.2 105.5 2007 Jan 4.2 201.6 3.5 196.1 2.7 103.2 Feb 4.6 203.1 3.7 197.1 2.8 103.7 Mar 4.8 204.4 3.9 198.3 3.1 104.2 Apr 4.5 205.4 3.6 199.3 2.8 104.5 May 4.3 206.2 3.3 200.0 2.5 104.8 Jun 4.4 207.3 3.3 200.7 2.4 105.0 Jul 3.8 206.1 2.7 199.4 1.9 104.4 Aug 4.1 207.3 2.7 200.1 1.8 104.7 Sep 3.9 208.0 2.8 200.8 1.8 104.8 Oct 4.2 208.9 3.1 201.6 2.1 105.3 Nov 4.3 209.7 3.2 202.4 2.1 105.6 Dec 4.0 210.9 3.1 203.5 2.1 106.2 2006 Jan 2.4 193.4 2.3 189.4 1.9 100.5 Feb 2.4 194.2 2.3 190.1 2.0 100.9 Mar 2.4 195.0 2.1 190.8 1.8 101.1 Apr 2.6 196.5 2.4 192.3 2.0 101.7 May 3.0 197.7 2.9 193.6 2.2 102.2 Jun 3.3 198.5 3.1 194.2 2.5 102.5 Jul 3.3 198.5 3.1 194.2 2.5 102.5 Aug 3.4 199.2 3.3 194.9 2.5 102.9 Sep 3.6 200.1 3.2 195.3 2.4 103.0 Oct 3.7 200.4 3.2 195.5 2.4 103.2 Nov 3.9 201.1 3.4 196.2 2.7 103.4 Dec 4.4 202.7 3.8 197.4 3.0 104.0 2005 Jan 3.2 188.9 2.1 185.2 1.6 111.9 Feb 3.2 189.6 2.1 185.9 1.6 112.2 Mar 3.2 190.5 2.4 186.8 1.9 112.7 Apr 3.2 191.6 2.3 187.8 1.9 113.1 May 2.9 192.0 2.1 188.2 1.9 113.5 Jun 2.9 192.2 2.2 188.3 2.0 113.5 Jul 2.9 192.2 2.4 188.3 2.3 113.6 Aug 2.8 192.6 2.3 188.6 2.4 114.0 Sep 2.7 193.1 2.5 189.3 2.5 114.2 Oct 2.5 193.3 2.4 189.5 2.3 114.3 Nov 2.4 193.6 2.3 189.7 2.1 114.3 Dec 2.2 194.1 2.0 190.2 2.0 114.7 2004 Jan 2.6 183.1 2.4 181.4 1.4 110.1 Feb 2.5 183.8 2.3 182.0 1.3 110.4 Mar 2.6 184.6 2.1 182.5 1.1 110.6 Apr 2.5 185.7 2.0 183.6 1.2 111.0 May 2.8 186.5 2.3 184.3 1.5 111.4 Jun 3.0 186.8 2.3 184.2 1.6 111.3 Jul 3.0 186.8 2.2 183.8 1.4 111.0 Aug 3.2 187.4 2.2 184.3 1.3 111.3 Sep 3.1 188.1 1.9 184.7 1.1 111.4 Oct 3.3 188.6 2.1 185.1 1.2 111.7 Nov 3.4 189.0 2.2 185.4 1.5 111.9 Dec 3.5 189.9 2.5 186.4 1.6 112.5 2003 Jan 2.9 178.4 2.7 177.1 1.4 108.6 Feb 3.2 179.3 3.0 177.8 1.4 108.6 Mar 3.1 179.9 3.0 178.7 1.6 109.4 Apr 3.1 181.2 3.0 180.0 1.5 109.7 May 3.0 181.5 2.9 180.2 1.2 109.7 Jun 2.9 181.3 2.8 180.0 1.1 109.6 Jul 3.1 181.3 2.9 179.9 1.3 109.5 Aug 2.9 181.6 2.9 180.4 1.4 109.9 Sep 2.8 182.5 2.8 181.3 1.4 110.2 Oct 2.6 182.6 2.7 181.3 1.4 110.4 Nov 2.5 182.7 2.5 181.4 1.3 110.3 Dec 2.8 183.5 2.6 181.8 1.3 110.7
Headline Underlying Annual Index Annual Index 2002 Jan 1.3 173.3 2.6 172.4 Feb 1.0 173.8 2.2 172.8 Mar 1.3 174.5 2.3 173.5 Apr 1.5 175.7 2.3 174.7 May 1.1 176.2 1.8 175.2 Jun 1.0 176.2 1.5 175.1 Jul 1.5 175.9 2.0 174.8 Aug 1.4 176.4 1.9 175.3 Sep 1.7 177.6 2.1 176.4 Oct 2.1 177.9 2.3 176.6 Nov 2.6 178.2 2.8 177.0 Dec 2.9 178.5 2.7 177.2 2001 Jan 2.7 171.1 1.8 168.1 Feb 2.7 172.0 1.9 169.0 Mar 2.3 172.2 1.9 169.6 Apr 1.8 173.1 2.0 170.8 May 2.1 174.2 2.4 172.1 Jun 1.9 174.4 2.4 172.5 Jul 1.6 173.3 2.2 171.4 Aug 2.1 174.0 2.6 172.0 Sep 1.7 174.6 2.3 172.8 Oct 1.6 174.3 2.3 172.6 Nov 0.9 173.6 1.8 172.2 Dec 0.7 173.4 1.9 172.5 2000 Jan 2.0 166.6 2.1 165.2 Feb 2.3 167.5 2.2 165.8 Mar 2.6 168.4 2.0 166.4 Apr 3.0 170.1 1.9 167.5 May 3.1 170.7 2.0 168.0 Jun 3.3 171.1 2.2 168.4 Jul 3.3 170.5 2.2 167.7 Aug 3.0 170.5 1.9 167.6 Sep 3.3 171.7 2.2 168.9 Oct 3.1 171.6 2.0 168.7 Nov 3.2 172.1 2.2 169.2 Dec 2.9 172.2 2.0 169.3