Consumer Price Inflation, February 2015

24 Mar 2015 01:20 PM

Key points

• The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) was unchanged in the year to February 2015, that is, a 12-month rate of 0.0%, down from 0.3% in January.
• The main contributions to the slowdown in the rate came from price movements for a range of recreational goods (particularly data processing equipment, books and games, toys & hobbies), food and furniture & furnishings.
• There were no large upward effects to offset the change.
• CPIH (not a National Statistic) grew by 0.3% in the year to February 2015, down from 0.5% in January.
• CPIH has been revised as a result of development work on owner occupiers’ housing costs - see background note 1.

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