UK food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 in September, returning inflation to a 40-year high, and US homebuilding fell to its lowest level in two years in September. UK inflation pushed food prices up 14.6 per cent through September and the consumer price index (CPI) rose again to 10.1 per cent. The EU Statistical Office (Eurostat) announced on the 20th that the eurozone inflation rate..