Summary

This article explains upcoming changes to consumer price inflation statistics that will take effect on 21 March, centring around CPIH being put first in our statistical release. It provides a summary, along with further detail on methodological improvements and changes to the content and structure of the Consumer Price Inflation statistical bulletin and associated datasets. The article coincides with publication of a complete revised historical series for CPIH and an additional level of detail (COICOP5) for CPI and CPIH from January 2015 to January 2017.

Publications

• Guide to changes to consumer price inflation statistics: March 2017

  Guide to the changes to the Office for National Statistics's consumer price inflation statistics from 21 March 2017.

Data

• Consumer price inflation time series

  Comprehensive database of time series covering measures of inflation data for the UK including CPIH, CPI and RPI.

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