Britain’s inflation rate turned negative for only the second time since 1960 in September, reflecting a weak price backdrop that the Bank of England has warned will persist into 2016. Consumer prices fell an annual 0.1 percent after stagnating in August, the Office for National Statistics said in London Tuesday. Economists had forecast stagnation. Prices last declined in April, which was the first sub-zero reading since 1960. The figures will reinforce the view that the BOE is still months away from raising its benchmark interest rate from a record-low 0.5 percent. While the economy is growing and the labor market ... (full story)