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UPDATE 1-Egypt’s annual urban inflation jumps to 35.7% in February

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Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation jumped to 35.7% in February from 29.8% in January, driven mainly by a rise in food and beverage prices, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Sunday. Before February, Egypt’s inflation rate had been falling from a historic high of 38.0% in September.