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13 November 2012

Business quote of the day: inflation surprises

By Alex Hern

“The surprise for us was the extent of the food price increase”               

Ross Walker, UK economist at RBS, explains why the latest UK inflation figures show a sharp increase, and were worse than expected. The Treasury said the figures were “disappointing”, and Labour has called them “worrying.”

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