UK - The UK inflation rate rose to 4% in January, which is double the government's target and up from 3.7% the previous month.
This hike puts further pressure on the MPC to raise interest rates, although they were kept on hold at 0.5% last week. Last month, consumer price inflation (CPI) reached its highest level since ...
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