LONDON (Reuters) – British inflation rose unexpectedly last month, official data showed on Wednesday.
Consumer price inflation increased to 0.6% in June from 0.5% in May, the Office for National Statistics said.
The average forecast in a Reuters poll of economists was for the rate to fall to 0.4%.
Core inflation – which excludes typically volatile energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices – rose to 1.4% from May’s 1.2%. Economists had expected the rate to remain unchanged at 1.2%.
(Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by William Schomberg)
