LONDON: UK consumer prices accelerated more than expected for a second month in a row, a surprise that may challenge the Bank of England’s (BoE) argument that the surge will be temporary.
Inflation climbed to 2.5% from a year earlier, the strongest since August 2018, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released yesterday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was 2.2%.
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