The UK's rate of inflation didn't fall as expected, despite food costs dropping for the first time since 2021.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks fell 0.1% between August and September, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
But fuel costs remain high - a barrel of Brent crude is nearly $20 more than it was in June sitting at just below $92.
"This is not unusual. If you look across Europe, many countries have seen either periods lately of no change or in some cases actual increase in the headline rate before they started to resume their fall," the ONS's chief economist Grant Fitzner told the BBC.
"In terms of what is coming up, people will be watching petrol and diesel prices in the coming months quite closely,"
"And, of course, next month we also see the new energy price cap kick in for October which fell by around 7%. So, some negative, some positive factors."
It's a blow to Rishi Sunak's promise to half inflation by the end of the year, which would mean the rate dropping to around 5.3%.
The UK's inflation rate remains the highest among G7 nations.