Inflation & Prices

UK Inflation Eases More Than Expected From 41-Year High

  • Core inflation, petrol and used car prices all softened
  • Figures unlikely to deter Bank of England rate rise this week
WATCH: The dip in inflation may do little to shift the interest-rate debate at the BOE. Lizzy Burden reports.Source: Bloomberg
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UK inflation dipped from a 41-year high in November, raising the possibility that the worst of the cost-of-living squeeze is over.

Consumer prices rose 10.7% from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday, down from 11.1% in October. Economists expected a rate of 10.9%.