UK clothing-footwear CPI up 0.5% YoY in Jun 2025: ONS

The rate was above the first (or flash) estimate of inflation for France (0.8 per cent) and Germany (2 per cent) in June 2025.

The CPI for clothing and footwear increased by 0.5 per cent YoY and decreased by 0.4 per cent MoM in June this year.

Transport, particularly motor fuels, made the largest upward contribution to the monthly change in the UK CPI annual rate, an ONS release said.

Core CPI (excluding energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco) rose by 3.7 per cent YoY in June 2025—up from a 3.5-per cent YoY increase in May. The CPI goods annual rate rose from 2 per cent YoY in May this year to 2.4 per cent in June.

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