Inflation picked up in February due to another jump in utilities inflation and a strong rise in fresh food inflation. We think headline inflation will rise above 2% in April as some of the spike in energy prices due to the war in Ukraine comes through and most of the hit from mobile phone tariff cuts drops out of the annual comparison.
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