Gb, inflazione febbraio 3,4% a/a, tasso minimo da novembre 2010

LONDRA, 20 marzo (Reuters) - The Office for National
Statistics released the following consumer price indices on
Tuesday:

FEB JAN
CPI (HICP)
Mth-on-mth (pct) 0.6 -0.5
Yr-on-yr 3.4* 3.6

Core CPI (ex- energy, food,
alcohol and tobacco)
Mth-on-mth (pct) 0.6 -0.8
Yr-on-yr 2.4** 2.6

RPI
Mth-on-mth (pct) 0.8 -0.6
Yr-on-yr 3.7 3.9

RPIX (RPI ex-mortgages)
Mth-on-mth 0.8 -0.6
Yr-on-yr 3.8 4.0

NOTE - Consensus forecasts (in percent):
mth/mth yr/yr
CPI 0.5 3.3
RPI 0.6 3.5
RPIX 0.7 3.7

COMPONENTS OF CPI (pct):
FEB YR/YR JAN YR/YR
Food & non-alcoholic bevs 1.2 3.7 -0.4 3.5
Alcoholic bevs & tobacco 0.8 8.3 1.9 6.2
Clothing & footwear 2.9 2.2 -4.9 2.9

Housing,water,elec,gas,fuels -0.3 6.8 0.2 7.4
Furniture, hhold equip, main. 1.5 4.6 -2.2 4.4

Health 0.1 3.5 0.7 3.2
Transport 0.6 3.7 -0.7 4.0
Communication 0.6 4.1 -0.3 4.9
Recreation & culture -0.2 -0.9 UNCH -0.5
Education UNCH 5.1 UNCH 5.1
Restaurants & hotels 0.4 2.9 UNCH 3.1
Misc. goods & services 0.6 2.9 -0.1 2.9
All goods 0.9 3.4# -0.6 3.5
All services 0.2 3.4## -0.4 3.6
Fuels and lubricants 1.3 5.3 0.5 5.3
RPI housing component UNCH 1.3 0.1 1.3

* Lowest annual CPI rate since Nov 2010
** Lowest annual core CPI rate since Nov 2009
# Lowest annual rate of all goods CPI since Nov 2010
## Lowest annual rate of all services CPI since May 2010
when it was also 3.4 percent

(Reporting by UK Economics Team in London)