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UK inflation hits new 40-year high of 9.1% as food and energy price surge persists - CNBC

UK inflation hits new 40-year high of 9.1% as food and energy price surge persists - CNBC

UK inflation hits new 40-year high of 9.1% as food and energy price surge persists - CNBC
Jun 22, 2022 48 secs

inflation hit 9.1% year-on-year in May as soaring food and energy prices continue to deepen the country's cost-of-living crisis.

"Rising prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, compared with falls a year ago, resulted in the largest upward contribution to the change in both the CPIH and CPI 12-month inflation rates between April and May 2022 (0.17 percentage points for CPIH)," the ONS said in its report.

The Bank of England last week implemented a fifth consecutive hike to interest rates, though stopped short of the aggressive hikes seen in the U.S.

The main bank rate currently sits at a 13-year high of 1.25% and the Bank expects CPI inflation to exceed 11% by October.

The U.K.'s energy regulator increased the household energy price cap by 54% from April 1 to accommodate a surge in wholesale energy prices, including a record rise in gas prices, and has not ruled out further increases to the cap at its periodic reviews this year.

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