UK finance minister Hunt: inflation above 10% is destabilising

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday that inflation running above 10% was destabilising for the economy and the government had a plan to bring it down.

"When inflation is above 10%, it is destabilising for the economy. It is not a good place to be, ultimately it is dangerous if you leave it there," Hunt said during an event hosted by website Politico, adding the tightness of the labour market was a "significant" factor in driving wage inflation.

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