How high will the UK's CPI inflation figure published on 22nd May be?
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2.5% or above

The UK's Office for National Statistics will publish the latest inflation figures at 7:00 UK time on Wednesday 22nd May.

This includes the annual CPI number for the past 12 months.

Here are the last few readings (based on the month when the figures were released):

July 2023 - 7.9%

August 2023 - 6.8%

September 2023 - 6.7%

October 2023 - 6.7%

November 2023 - 4.6%

December 2023 - 3.9%

January 2024 - 4.0%

February 2024 - 4.0%

March 2024 - 3.4%

April 2024 - 3.2%

May 2024 - TBC

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Today's figure comes in at 2.3% - the lowest for almost three years:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/22/uk-inflation-falls-bank-of-england-interest-rates

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-69027403

Will inflation keep falling towards the Bank of England's 2% target? Next month's market is here:

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