Economics
U.K. Retailers See Inevitable Price Hikes as Inflation Spreads
- Retailers raised prices at fastest pace in more than 9 years
- Figures put further pressure on Bank of England to raise rates
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U.K. retailers raised their prices at the fastest pace in more than nine years in January, a survey showed, passing on soaring costs to consumers already grappling with a cost-of-living squeeze.