Inflation's back, and further rate cuts are off
Housing-related costs pushes CPI above 1% for the first time in two years.
Housing-related costs pushes CPI above 1% for the first time in two years.
Price inflation is back.
Driven by a 3.3% surge in housing and household utilities prices, the year-on-year consumer prices index is now 1.3%.
That is a marked jump from the previous annual figure of 0.2%. It is also the first time in more than two years the CPI has gone into the Reserve