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Interest rate hits 'shock' 5% after 0.5 percentage point increase

It comes after the UK's official inflation rate failed to fall as expected in May, staying at 8.7% - well above the bank's 2% target.

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The Bank of England has shocked economists and investors by raising interest rates half a percentage point to 5% - the highest level since 2008.
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