Boost for hard-pressed consumers as Britain’s inflation rate drops to its lowest since July 2017Breaking: CPI inflation rate drops to 2.7%, from 3%Lowest inflation reading in seven monthsTreasury says it’s helping, but TUC wants moreFood and fuel prices helped lower inflationExperts: Wages could catch up with inflation soon 1.48pm GMT Over in New York, shares in Facebook have fallen by another 3% at the start of trading.That’s on top of yesterday’s 6.7% rout, and knocks another $15bn off its market capitalisation.Facebook’s Zuckerberg summoned to appear at UK Parliamentary committee pic.twitter.com/6S06bkKpvz 1.29pm GMT European stock markets have recovered a little ground this morning, after yesterday’s selloff.In London the FTSE 100 has gained 22 points, having slumped to a 14-month low on Monday. Continue reading…
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