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View in browser 21 March 2017 Economy Prices economic commentary: Mar 2017 Consumer and producer prices Consumer price inflation continued to rise in February 2017, reflecting upwards pressure from increasing food and transport costs. The 12-month rates of inflation for manufacturers' inputs and outputs in February 2017 are broadly unchanged from January, reflecting little change in prices in the month. House prices The distribution of house prices for first-time buyers, using a mortgage, has seen a marked shift towards properties valued above £200,000 in the last 10 years. Prices economic commentary: Mar 2017   UK public sector finances: Feb 2017 Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) decreased by £19.9 billion to £47.8 billion in the current financial year-to-date (April 2016 to February 2017), compared with the same period in the previous financial year; this is the lowest year-to-date borrowing since the financial year-to-date ending February 2008. UK public sector finances: Feb 2017   UK consumer price inflation: Feb 2017 The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH, not a National Statistic) 12-month inflation rate was 2.3% in February 2017, up from 1.9% in January. UK consumer price inflation: Feb 2017   UK producer price inflation: Feb 2017 Both the annual and monthly rate of producer price inflation increased in February 2017. Factory gate prices (output prices) rose 3.7% on the year to February 2017, which is the eighth consecutive period of annual price increases and the highest they have been since December 2011. UK producer price inflation: Feb 2017   UK house price index: Jan 2017 This is a high-level summary of the UK House Price Index (HPI), which replaces the previous house price indices separately published by the HM Land Registry and the Office for National Statistics. For full details, including commentary, historical data tables and analytical tools please see the main publication of the new House Price Index, published today (21 March 2017) on the GOV.UK website. UK house price index: Jan 2017   Index of private housing rental prices (IPHRP) in Great Britain: Feb 2017 Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.1% in the 12 months to February 2017; this is down from 2.2% in January 2017. Index of private housing rental prices (IPHRP)    Understanding the different approaches of measuring owner occupiers' housing costs: Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016 Owner occupiers' housing costs (OOH) in the UK under the rental equivalence approach have grown by 2.6% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016. View the release People, population and community Deaths registered in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 10 Mar 2017 Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest weeks for which data are available. Deaths registered in England and Wales Our digital team regularly write about our approach and progress to the website and social media. Visit our Digital Blog National Statistical is our corporate blog. It's the place to find insight into the role data plays in the decisions affecting our lives, the changes we are making to take advantage of it and the ways we keep it secure.  Visit our Corporate Blog Looking for local statistics? A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics. Census Discover how our census statistics help paint a picture of the nation and how we live. Visual.ONS Visual.ONS is a website exploring new approaches to making ONS statistics accessible and relevant to a wide public audience. Email sent by Office for National Statistics

 

 

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