'We might not see a rate rise for the rest of the year': Sterling slides as inflation hits fresh one-year low

Falls to 2.4%

Tom Eckett
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UK consumer price inflation (CPI) fell 0.1 percentage points in April to 2.4%, a fresh one-year low and missing economists' expectations who had predicted inflation to remain at 2.5%.

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