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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: US inflation falls by more than expected; FTSE closes at 7825

The FTSE 100 has risen beyond 7800 today after shares continued their recovery into a fourth week yesterday.

Eyes will be on the US this afternoon, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the country’s latest inflation figures.

Economists expect the rate to fall from 6% to 5.2% in March as last year’s surge in energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drops out of annual comparisons.

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