UK inflation hits 30-year high of 6.2% as Sunak readies response

LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation hit a 30-year high of 6.2% last month, at the top end of expectations among analysts, according to data published on Wednesday hours before finance minister Rishi Sunak announces how he will help ease a cost-of-living crisis.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation rose to a new 30-year high of 6.2% last month, at the very top end of expectations among analysts, official data showed on Wednesday.

The median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of 5.9%.

Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by William Schomberg

23-03-2022

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