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The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) hit a 17-month high of 3.7% in April, forcing Bank of England Governor Mervyn King to write to new Chancellor George Osborne to explain why.
Inflation rose to 3.4% in March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Inflation fell back to 3% in February after a sharp spike at the beginning of the year.
Philip Hunter, manager of the Old Mutual Asian Select fund, assesses growth prospects for the Asia region.
Boosting economic growth is more important than controlling inflation, advisers say.
UK inflation has hit 3.5%, prompting Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the Chancellor.
Julian Chillingworth, CIO of Rathbone Unit Trust Management, takes a closer look at the implications of the latest inflation figures