The rate of inflation hit 4.4% earlier today, a palindrome. This means that inflation now reads the same backwards as it does forwards.

The last time that happened inflation was 3.3%.

Inflation would have to rise another 1.1% for this to happen again, or fall 0.9%.

A Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that inflation is a problem everywhere in the world, but rarely is inflation such a nice palindrome as it is in the United Kingdom at the moment.