UK CPI Update: 3.6% vs. Forecast of 3.7%; GBPUSD Declines

The UK has released inflation data, specifically the consumer price index (CPI), which has impacted the GBPUSD currency pair during trading on Wednesday (November 19, 2025).

For October, the CPI was reported to have increased by 3.6% year-on-year (YoY), which is below the Trading Central forecast of 3.7% YoY and the previous month’s rate of 3.8% YoY.

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Additionally, the core CPI, which excludes the food and energy sectors, showed a growth of 3.4% YoY, matching the forecast from Trading Central but slightly lower than the prior month’s 3.5% YoY.

Following the release of this data, GBPUSD experienced a decline, settling around 1.31348 after previously rising to 1.31553.

This data release strengthens expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) may soon reduce interest rates, as the pace of inflation growth appears to be slowing, alongside worsening conditions in the UK labor market and a deceleration in economic growth.

Consequently, GBPUSD faces potential downward pressure in today’s trading.