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January 2022 inflation data

The UK’s inflation rate in January 2022, as measured by the CPI, was 5.5%.

The inflation measures for the year to January 2022 are as follows:

  • CPIH inflation was 4.9% in January 2022 (Index: 114.6), up from 4.8% in the year to December 2021
  • CPI inflation was 5.5% in January 2022 (Index: 114.9), up from 5.4% in the year to December 2021
  • RPI inflation was 7.8% in January 2022 (Index: 317.7), up from 7.5% in the year to December 2021

Note that the Office for National Statistics no longer regards RPI as an official measure of inflation.