Average Effective Rate (‘AER’) series for January, February, March and April 2021

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Date: 8 June 2021

Disclosure:

The Average Effective Rates (‘AER’) sent to the Office for National Statistics by the Bank of England as part of the calculation of the Retail Price Index for January, February, March and April 2021 are in the table below:

Average Effective Rate (%) Submission

January 2021

2.10

February 2021

2.08

March 2021

2.08

April 2021

2.07