The UK Picture

Prices and living costs

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Inflation, energy, food, household costs and real disposable income.

Office for National Statistics

CPIH inflation

3.18 %

Change in consumer prices including owner occupiers housing costs over twelve months.

Period: Jan-26 ยท Geography: United Kingdom

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One reading

A lower inflation rate means prices are rising more slowly and may reduce pressure on household budgets.

Another reading

Lower inflation does not normally mean prices have returned to their earlier level, and individual households face different baskets of costs.

What the data cannot prove: a movement does not by itself identify its cause or show that every person experienced the same outcome.

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