UK headline inflation held steady for a second straight month and the core measure eased, complicating the picture for the Bank of England that is widely expected to hike interest rates in August.
Consumer prices climbed 2.4 percent year-over-year in June, the same rate of increase as in the previous two months. Economists had expected inflation to accelerate to 2.6 percent.
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