UK inflation has cooled more than economists predicted and dropped to 7.9 percent.
Experts had forecasted a drop to 8.2 percent, following a higher than expected 8.7 percent in May.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says declining fuel prices contributed to the decrease, but supermarket prices remain stubbornly high.
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