Annual CPI rate rise to 5.1% was higher than expectations and reflects higher fuel and food costs, sparking fears of an interest rate rise
As anticipated, fuel, food and material costs were among the items posting big increases in the first quarter of 2022. Energy prices had already been heading higher before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, but the war added impetus with fuel up 11% in the quarter alone – the most since Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
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