18.02.2017
The energy index is up by 5.4 percent over the a year ago. On a monthly basis, consumer prices dropped 0.6 percent from December, when it increased by 0.7 percent. That was the biggest jump in inflation in nearly four years, with the core rate of inflation-which excludes food and energy price moves-rising 2.3%. Going forward, according to the Bank of England, inflation could reach 2.7 percent within 12 months, as the UK's exit from the European Union is bound to make imported products ...