China News Service, Beijing, October 19. London news: According to Reuters, data released by the Office for National Statistics on the 19th showed that the UK consumer price index (CPI) rose 10.1% year-on-year in September this year, compared with the recent high in July. Data is flat.
Reuters said economists had forecast inflation would rise to 10.0 percent from 9.9 percent in August.
The main driver of inflation in September was higher food prices, the ONS said.
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in the UK rose 14.6% in the 12 months to September, the data showed, up from 13.1% in August and the largest increase since April 1980, according to historical estimates. .
Specifically, the prices of bread, cereals, meat products, as well as milk, cheese and eggs rose significantly in September.
Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on the 19th that given the rise in inflation in September, the government will give priority to helping the most vulnerable, while working to achieve broader economic stability and promote long-term growth that benefits everyone.
From April to July this year, inflation in the UK hit a record high in 40 years.
In July, the CPI rose by 10.1% year-on-year, making the UK the first G7 country to record a double-digit CPI rise in this round of global inflation.
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