UK inflation falls from 6-month high, coronavirus to trigger slide
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LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation fell in February, before the coronavirus crisis hit the country, and economists predict a further sharp fall in the next couple of months due to the collapse in global oil prices caused by the pandemic.Consumer price inflation fell to 1.7% in February from a six-month high of 1.8% in January, the Office for National Statistics said, in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll.The decline reflected falls in the cost of fuel and often-volatile video game..