The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) 12-month inflation rate was 2.8% in November 2017, unchanged from October 2017.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 3.1% in November 2017, up from 3.0% in October 2017; it was last higher in March 2012.

The largest upward contribution to change in both the CPIH and CPI rates came from air fares which fell between October and November but by less than a year ago.

Rising prices for a range of recreational and cultural goods and services, most notably computer games, also had an upward effect.

Falling prices in the miscellaneous goods and services category (covering products such as travel goods and financial services) provided the largest offsetting downward contribution