Consumer prices index, all items, United Kingdom

The consumer prices index, all items, measures changes in the prices of a basket of goods and services bought by households in the United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics publishes it monthly, around the middle of the following month; the series here is the index with 2015 set to 100 (CDID D7BT), not seasonally adjusted.

It is the index behind the Bank of England's inflation target and the uprating of many state benefits and pensions, and it is the measure used to compare UK inflation with other European countries, since it follows the internationally harmonized method. Lenders and investors use it to judge real interest rates and the outlook for Bank Rate.

Read the level as a ratio to 2015, not as a price: an index of 135 means prices are about 35% higher than in 2015 on average. Monthly changes include seasonal effects, such as clothing sales in January and July and the timing of energy price cap changes set by the regulator, so the change on a year earlier, shown on the CPI inflation page, is the standard comparison. The ONS updates the basket and its weights each year, adding and removing items to keep it representative.

Consumer prices index, all items is at its highest since the series starts in January 2006. Within ten years, consumer prices index, all items beats 100% of readings.

CPI all items index, 2015 = 100.

ONS publishes consumer prices index, all items monthly in ONS MM23, CDID D7BT, in index (2015 = 100) and is not seasonally adjusted. Code: D7BT/MM23. Method for consumer prices index, all items.