Release

Estimated effect of the budget on consumer price inflation: Spring 2020

Release date: 1 April 2020 9:30am

Summary

The estimated impact of implementing measures announced in the March 2020 budget, previous budgets and pre-budget reports on the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This article is simply a helpful guide to users of the CPIH, CPI and RPI.

Publications

  • Estimated effect of the Budget on consumer price inflation: Spring 2020

    The estimated impact of implementing measures announced in the March 2020 Budget, previous Budgets and pre-Budget reports on the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This article is simply a helpful guide to users of the CPIH, CPI and RPI.

Contact details

Name

Andy King

Email

cpi@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 456900

Changes to this release date

  1. Previous date

    25 March 2020 9:30am

    Reason for change

    The estimated effect of the Budget on consumer price indices article was scheduled for publication alongside the February 2020 consumer price inflation bulletin. However, due to production process pressures, this is no longer possible.

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest