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May 2021 inflation data

The UK’s main inflation measure in May 2021 was 2.1%.

The inflation measures for the year to May 2021 are as follows:

  • CPI inflation was 2.1% in May 2021 (Index: 110.8), up from 1.5% in the year to April 2021
  • CPIH inflation was 2.1% in May 2021 (Index: 111.0), up from 1.6% in the year to April 2021
  • RPI inflation was 3.3% in May 2021 (Index: 301.9), up from 2.9% in the year to April 2021

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