PPI: UK Producer and Services Price Indices Rebased to 2010=100

An article from the UK Office for National Statistics outlining plans to rebase the Producer Price Index (PPI) and Services Producer Price Index onto a 2010=100 base year at the end of 2013. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0. The platform record was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical inflation trends in the UK production sector based on the Producer Price Index.
• Compare price changes between goods and services sectors based on the dual index structure.
• Rebase economic models to a 2010 reference year based on the planned methodological change.
• Study the impact of index rebasing on time-series continuity for long-term economic analysis.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a national statistical authority.
• Designated as National Statistics, indicating adherence to official quality standards.
• Licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, permitting open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled from business surveys and administrative data, as per standard PPI methodology.

Time Range

The rebasing plan was announced for implementation at the end of 2013; the underlying index data likely covers periods before and after this date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.944169; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom