as you can see here, the rate of inflation in the uk has remained stubbornly high over the last few months adding pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates again when it meets tomorrow. they re likely to be concerned that core inflation which excludes volatile food and energy prices actually rose hitting 7.1%. that s the highest rate since march 1992. bear in mind, the bank of england s target for inflation is 2% and its been falling in other countries. here s the uk finance ministerjeremy hunt. we don t have the clip at the moment. yael selfin is chief uk economist at the business consultancy kpmg and joins us from london. we heard from jeremy hunt earlier and he said it is a surprise, and it is one of their targets to get inflation down, but it is proving to be harder to do and easier to say. it is proving tricky and there are a number of reasons, one of which is we have a very tight labour market, tighter than in other economies, especially in europe,
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