The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) 12-month inflation rate was 2.0% in July 2019, increasing from 1.9% in June 2019. Between June and July 2019, there were large upward contributions to the change in the CPIH 12-month rate from games, toys and hobbies, and accommodation services, where prices for both rose by more than a year ago, and from clothing and footwear, and other financial services. There were offsetting downward contributions to change coming from transport services and, to a lesser extent, from domestic fuels principally electricity and gas. The Consumer Prices Index ... (full story)