UK consumer price inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February for the first time in six months, led by higher prices for food and alcohol, while house price inflation was the weakest in nearly six years at the start of the year.
The consumer price index rose 1.9 percent year-on-year following a 1.8 percent increase in January, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday. Economists had expected the inflation rate to remain unchanged.
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