LONDON (Reuters) -The British pound dipped against both the dollar and euro on Wednesday, after the annual rate of Britain’s consumer price inflation held at 3.8% in September, data showed on Wednesday.
The median view of economists polled by Reuters had expected the headline measure of inflation to rise to 4% last month.
Sterling was last down 0.23% against the dollar at $1.3342. Against the euro, it was down 0.3% at 86.99 pence.
(Reporting by Samuel Indyk; Editing by Amanda Cooper)
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