Assuming the City economists have it right (you can make your own joke), the August inflation number will be back above seven per cent — 7.2%, perhaps.
That would be up from 6.8% in July and the first time inflation has risen since February.
That’s quite a dent in the narrative from Rishi Sunak that inflation is, if not licked, then firmly heading in the right direction.
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