AI Data Insight
The UK's Q2 2026 core CPI MoM growth rate recorded 0.3%, dropping significantly from the previous 0.7%, indicating signs of easing underlying inflation pressures. Benefiting from the cooling of core services inflation and commodity pricing power, the market generally expects the Bank of England (BoE) to keep interest rates unchanged in the short term, but caution is still needed regarding the medium-term spillover risks of energy prices.