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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Why has inflation increased and will it keep rising?

Inflation accelerated last month for a range of everyday groceries (Xiu Bao/Alamy) -

Inflation increased to its highest level since March last month on the back of a jump in petrol prices.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 3.1% in August, from 2.9% in July.

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