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The UK's Q3 2026 CPI month-over-month growth rate climbed to 0.3%, significantly higher than the 0.1% in Q2, fully meeting market consensus. Driven by the raised household energy price cap and geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, the overall annual inflation rate rebounded to a four-month high of 2.9%. Against the backdrop of still-sticky core inflation, markets expect the Bank of England to potentially raise interest rates further before the end of the year, boosting the British pound.