The ONS measure of core CPI inflation does not exclude all elements of food and energy prices in th CPI and is therefore likely to rise alongside energy and food prices. There is a danger, then, that the MPC is misled by any rise in “core” inflation and does not cut interest rates just when the UK is heading for recession.
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