UK Retail Inflation Data
Retail Economics identifies crucial inflationary indicators which underpin our views on inflationary pressures facing UK households and cost pressures facing retailers.
As a subscriber, you can instantly view, download and analyse a range of retail data sources using our data visualisation tools and intuitive dashboard. Includes:
- Retail sales by category: food, clothing, electricals, homewares etc.
- Online retail sales growth
- Access underlying data for graphs and charts in your insight reports
- Downloadable retail sales time series data and more...
Subscribers can click on the download icon 
to access a CSV file containing up to ten years' worth of data which can be easily manipulated.
As a subscriber, we can also work with you to provide you with bespoke Excel charting options with the indicators that most suit your business needs.
Non-subscribers can only view and select data up to December 2014. Subscribers can view and select the latest available data, going back up to ten years.
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Headline Inflation Statistics (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| ONS Consumer Price Index (CPI) | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Price Index (RPI) | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Price Index (RPIX) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | ONS |
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| CPI Core (excluding energy, food) | 2.2 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | ONS |
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Components of the Consumer Price Index (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | ONS |
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| Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ONS |
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| Clothing and Footwear | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | ONS |
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| Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | ONS |
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| Furniture and Household Equipment | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2 | ONS |
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| Health | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | ONS |
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| Transport | 3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | ONS |
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| Communication | -0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ONS |
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| Recreation and Culture | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | ONS |
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| Education | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | ONS |
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| Restaurants and Hotels | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | ONS |
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| Miscellaneous Goods and Services | -0.1 | N/A | N/A | -0.2 | ONS |
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Producer Price Index (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| Producer Price Index Output | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.1 | ONS |
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| Producer Price Index Input | 4.4 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 | ONS |
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Exchange Rates/Monetary Indicators (Bank of England)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| Sterling - Trade Weighted Index | 79.2 | 80.3 | 78.8 | 78.5 | Bank of England |
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| Euro/GBP | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Bank of England |
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| US Dollar/GBP | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Bank of England |
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| Yen/GBP | 146.9 | 149.3 | 149.2 | 146 | Bank of England |
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| Official Bank Rate | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Bank of England |
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| 10 Year Gilt Yield | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Bank of England |
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