Inflation expectations of largest UK firms 2014-2016

This statistic presents expectations of inflation rates in two years' time, expressed by chief financial officers of the largest businesses in United Kingdom from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2016. The greatest share of respondents expected the UK inflation rate to be between 1.6 percent to 2.5 percent. This opinion was supported by 80 percent of respondents in the second quarter of 2014 and 64 percent of respondents in the second quarter of 2015.

Expected consumer price inflation rate in two years, by chief financial officers of large corporations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2nd quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2016

Characteristic	Q2 2014	Q2 2015	Q2 2016
Below zero	-	-	2%
Inflation rate 0 - 1.5%	9%	31%	30%
Inflation rate 1.6% - 2.5%	80%	64%	38%
Above 2.6%	11%	5%	30%

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2nd quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2016

Number of respondents

132*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

chief financial officers*

Supplementary notes

* Sample size for the second quarter 2016 survey (conducted 28 June to 11 July 2016) =132 chief financial officers (CFOs) of the UK's largest corporations. The source adds the following information: sample included "the CFOs of 25 FTSE 100 and 57 FTSE 250 companies. The rest were CFOs of other UK-listed companies, large private companies and UK subsidiaries of major companies listed overseas."

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