{"id":48205,"date":"2026-10-21T06:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=48205"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:13:09","slug":"uk-inflation-jumps-to-3-5-cementing-rate-hike-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=48205","title":{"rendered":"UK inflation jumps to 3.5% \u2014 cementing rate hike expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108243682\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>A person shields themselves from the rain while walking near the Bank of England building on the day the Monetary Policy Committee lowered interest rates, in London, Britain, Dec.18, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Toby Melville | Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>U.K. inflation rose by a hotter-than-expected 3.5% in the 12 months to September, driven by the surging cost of motor fuels. <\/p>\n<p>Economists polled by Reuters had been forecasting an annual inflation rate of 3.4%. <\/p>\n<p>September&#8217;s print marked a continuation of the U.K.&#8217;s upward trend for inflation, which came in at 3.1% in August and 2.9% in July. The September reading was the highest annual inflation figure in a year. <\/p>\n<p><strong>This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/21\/inflation-uk-cpi-interest-rates.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person shields themselves from the rain while walking near the Bank of England building on the day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}