UK inflation holds at 2.2% in August as BoE considers rates


Pedestrians walks past Bank of England (BoE) in the City of London - (Photo by Isabel INFANTES / AFP)

LONDON: British inflation stood at an annual rate of 2.2% in August, unchanged from July, but price growth in the services sector - closely watched by the Bank of England - picked up, official figures showed on Wednesday.

A Reuters poll of economists had forecast annual consumer price inflation would remain at 2.2%.

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