Sterling soars to seven-year high on surprise inflation rise

UK inflation rises 0.1% in July to beat forecasts

Anna Fedorova
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Sterling jumped to a seven-year high against a trade-weighted basket of currencies after it emerged UK CPI inflation had not stagnated at the zero mark for another month as expected, rising by 0.1% in July.

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