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Key points

• The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) grew by 2.7% in the year to May 2013, up from 2.4% in April.
• The largest upward contributions to the change in the rate came from transport (notably air transport and motor fuels) and clothing.
• The largest downward contribution came from food.
• The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between October 2012 and March 2013 after the slowing in the rate to 2.4% in April.
• CPIH, the new measure of consumer price inflation including owner occupiers’ housing costs, grew by 2.5% in the year to May 2013, up from 2.2% in April. ONS currently classifies CPIH as an experimental statistic.
• The slower growth in CPIH than CPI is due principally to owner occupiers’ housing costs increasing more slowly than overall inflation for other consumer goods and services in the year to May.
• The format of this bulletin changed with the publication of February data. Please see the ‘Guide to Data’ section of the bulletin for further information on where to find all ONS consumer price statistics including CPI, CPIH, RPI and RPIJ. If you have any comments on the new format, please email cpi@ons.gsi.gov.uk.

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