" Figure 2: Growth of Imported inputs, EPI and the Sterling Effective Exchange rate (ERI), 3 months-on-same 3 months a year ago rolling average","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Series are not seasonally adjusted. 2. The sterling effective change rate measures changes in the strength of sterling relative to a basket of other currencies. 3. The sterling effective exchange rate is only indicative of the rates applied to producer prices. This is because the sterling effective exchange rate is a trade weighted index that represents all UK trade, whereas producer prices reflect transactions in the manufacturing sector. " "Unit","%" "","" "","EPI ","ERI ","Imported Inputs " "Jan 2007","-0.24","5.24","-1.13" "Feb 2007","-0.24","5.95","-3.40" "Mar 2007","-0.43","6.03","-4.97" "Apr 2007","-0.89","5.83","-4.54" "May 2007","-0.74","4.62","-3.60" "Jun 2007","-0.66","4.02","-3.07" "Jul 2007","-0.62","3.46","-2.38" "Aug 2007","-0.59","3.09","-2.67" "Sep 2007","-0.08","2.01","-1.69" "Oct 2007","0.67","0.50","0.86" "Nov 2007","1.22","-0.52","4.45" "Dec 2007","2.08","-2.09","6.95" "Jan 2008","3.35","-4.81","11.76" "Feb 2008","4.72","-7.10","15.93" "Mar 2008","5.80","-8.45","19.84" "Apr 2008","7.48","-9.24","21.00" "May 2008","8.75","-9.93","23.30" "Jun 2008","9.85","-10.73","26.16" "Jul 2008","10.30","-10.92","28.03" "Aug 2008","10.95","-11.53","28.03" "Sep 2008","11.55","-12.18","25.75" "Oct 2008","12.00","-12.66","20.65" "Nov 2008","12.87","-14.46","14.07" "Dec 2008","14.26","-17.31","7.50" "Jan 2009","15.13","-19.74","3.23" "Feb 2009","14.21","-19.76","0.38" "Mar 2009","12.86","-18.75","-1.43" "Apr 2009","10.09","-17.06","-4.20" "May 2009","8.12","-15.60","-7.41" "Jun 2009","5.44","-12.61","-10.86" "Jul 2009","4.15","-11.01","-12.94" "Aug 2009","2.93","-9.50","-12.59" "Sep 2009","2.70","-9.52","-10.62" "Oct 2009","2.78","-9.87","-6.07" "Nov 2009","1.92","-8.14","-1.69" "Dec 2009","0.40","-4.26","3.03" "Jan 2010","-1.39","1.28","5.40" "Feb 2010","-1.18","2.94","6.89" "Mar 2010","-0.39","2.21","8.14" "Apr 2010","0.96","0.72","10.17" "May 2010","1.16","-0.35","11.59" "Jun 2010","1.62","-1.75","11.78" "Jul 2010","1.67","-2.77","11.00" "Aug 2010","1.79","-2.59","9.75" "Sep 2010","1.13","-1.40","9.09" "Oct 2010","0.61","-0.49","8.59" "Nov 2010","0.64","-0.14","9.05" "Dec 2010","0.60","-0.11","10.18" "Jan 2011","0.60","-0.22","11.79" "Feb 2011","0.00","0.33","13.32" "Mar 2011","-0.53","1.51","13.40" "Apr 2011","-0.49","1.76","13.65" "May 2011","0.39","1.49","13.47" "Jun 2011","2.03","-0.57","14.49" "Jul 2011","3.22","-1.79","15.43" "Aug 2011","3.85","-3.20","16.22" "Sep 2011","3.99","-3.11","16.70" "Oct 2011","3.47","-2.03","15.19" "Nov 2011","2.95","-1.01","13.80" "Dec 2011","2.27","0.01","10.88" "Jan 2012","5.41","0.16","8.53" "Feb 2012","8.96","0.16","6.65" "Mar 2012","12.29","0.44","5.82" "Apr 2012","11.82","1.47","4.09" "May 2012","11.06","3.38","2.05" "Jun 2012","9.77","4.68","-0.81" "Jul 2012","7.73","5.68","-2.52" "Aug 2012","7.12","5.83","-2.98" "Sep 2012","7.25","6.14","-3.17" "Oct 2012","8.75","5.64","-2.51" "Nov 2012","9.40","5.13","-2.79" "Dec 2012","10.09","4.14","-2.15" "Jan 2013","7.53","2.87","-1.51" "Feb 2013","4.71","1.01","-0.38" "Mar 2013","2.33","-1.02","-0.20" "Apr 2013","3.95","-2.45","-0.63" "May 2013","4.74","-3.26","-1.23" "Jun 2013","6.49","-3.17","-0.56" "Jul 2013","8.41","-3.79","1.10" "Aug 2013","9.50","-3.64","1.67" "Sep 2013","9.06","-3.39","1.52" "Oct 2013","6.94","-2.17","0.24" "Nov 2013","5.17","-1.02","-0.50" "Dec 2013","4.33","-0.09","-1.10" "Jan 2014","-0.97","1.59","-2.19" "Feb 2014","-5.63","4.12","-4.16" "Mar 2014","-10.84","6.50","-6.03" "Apr 2014","-12.58","7.73","-6.59" "May 2014","-13.47","7.86","-5.80" "Jun 2014","-14.84","7.92","-4.68" "Jul 2014","-15.58","9.06","-5.12" "Aug 2014","-16.21","9.19","-5.75" "Sep 2014","-16.00","8.33","-6.80" "Oct 2014","-15.16","6.59","-6.91" "Nov 2014","-14.02","5.17","-7.18" "Dec 2014","-13.36","4.46","-8.34" "Jan 2015","-9.13","3.49","-10.12" "Feb 2015","-5.82","3.83","-11.94" "Mar 2015","-1.78","4.52","-12.52" "Apr 2015","-2.04","5.16","-12.06" "May 2015","-3.51","5.20","-11.55" "Jun 2015","-5.20","4.98","-11.83" "Jul 2015","-6.92","5.15","-12.40" "Aug 2015","-7.08","5.59","-13.55" "Sep 2015","-6.98","5.55","-13.80" "Oct 2015","-6.86","5.44","-13.67" "Nov 2015","-7.04","5.73","-13.16" "Dec 2015","-7.09","5.62","-12.27" "Jan 2016","-6.61","4.27","-10.79" "Feb 2016","-4.99","0.52","-8.59" "Mar 2016","-3.75","-2.73","-6.67" "Apr 2016","-2.81","-4.91","-5.41" "May 2016","-0.98","-5.36","-4.04" "Jun 2016","1.86","-6.25","-2.10" "Jul 2016","6.19","-9.32","1.27" "Aug 2016","9.07","-12.99","5.23" "Sep 2016","10.74","-15.14","8.02" "Oct 2016","11.78","-16.29","10.69" "Nov 2016","12.45","-16.87","12.49" "Dec 2016","12.75","-16.92","15.34" "Jan 2017","11.45","-15.13","17.41" "Feb 2017","10.06","-12.65","18.94" "Mar 2017","9.58","-11.36","18.70" "Apr 2017","8.78","-9.64","16.78" "May 2017","8.74","-9.22","14.48" "Jun 2017","8.36","-8.73","12.31"