Food HICP inflation (per cent) - United Kingdom - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the food HICP inflation rate stood at -0.1 per cent in December 2016, compared to -1.0 in November.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the chart, there are 240 observations. The series covers the period extending from January 1997 to December 2016.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the inflation rate averaged 2.6 per cent; it hit a trough of -2.1 in December 2015; it hit a peak of 10.5 in August 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2016-10-31 | -1.1 |
| 2016-11-30 | -1.0 |
| 2016-12-31 | -0.1 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Growth rate |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Per cent |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Eurostat HICP first-release figures (ECOICOP 2018) |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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