Inflation au Royaume-Uni: 3,4% en février, légèrement plus bas

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L'inflation a diminué au Royaume-Uni sur une base annuelle, s'établissant à 3,4% en février, après être restée stable à 4% en janvier, selon le rapport mensuel publié mercredi par l'Office national des statistiques (ONS). - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Inflation has decreased in the United Kingdom on an annual basis,

00:03 setting at 3.4% in February, after remaining stable at 4% in January,

00:08 according to the monthly report published on Wednesday by the National Office for Statistics (ONS).

00:13 Inflation has sharply declined since its peak at more than 11% at the end of 2022

00:18 and it is now one of the lowest since September 2021, according to ONS.

00:23 The drop is also slightly more marked than the economists' expectations,

00:26 which were 3.5% in February.

00:29 Food prices, which were strong last year, stabilized

00:33 and were the main engine of the inflationary drop last month,

00:36 said ex-Twitterer Grant Fitzner, chief economist at ONS,

00:41 adding that prices in cafes and restaurants have also slowed.

00:45 Prices, fuel, pump and rent increase

00:51 have not only reversed the trend to a decline, he continued.

00:55 These figures are scrutinized by the Bank of England (BOE)

00:58 which must speak out on Thursday on its monetary policy

01:01 and has maintained a high directorial rate of 5.25% for months

01:05 to try to bring inflation back to its 2% target.

01:08 Wednesday's encouraging data show favorable inflation prospects

01:13 and place the central bank in a position to reduce rates from the summer,

01:17 says Yael Selfin, economist at the KPMG UK board of trustees.

01:22 But inflation is still above the target

01:24 and the BOE could therefore, I say, opt for an attentive approach

01:27 while risks persist, like a still tense labor market

01:30 or the red sea disruptions that could lead to a certain resurgence of inflation, according to it.

01:36 The finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, saluted the decline in inflation in a statement

01:41 assuring that it has not only fallen decisively,

01:44 but it should reach the 2% target within a few months,

01:47 which opens the way for the government's ambition to stimulate growth.

01:52 The British economy, which fell into recession at the end of 2023,

01:56 rose again in January with a growth of 0.2% over a month,

02:00 driven by trade and construction.

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