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MNI DATA BRIEF: UK Factory Gate Inflation Surges In April

LONDON (MNI)

UK pipeline inflation soared in April, far outpacing expectations, providing fodder for some of the more hawkish members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee ahead of June's MPC meeting -- the last for inflation-wary departing chief economist Andy Haldane.

Input PPI jumped to an annual rate of 9.9% last month from 6.4% in March, the Office for National Statistics said, with much of the upward pressure coming from the import of precious metals. Core input PPI (excluding food, beverages and petroleum) surged by 7.6%, the highest rate since January of 2009. Output PPI raced to 3.9%, the highest since October of 2019, from 2.3% in March. Core output prices rose by 2.5%, the highest since February 2019, from 2.0% in April.

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