By Chris Dorrell Inflation remained unchanged in August with some lingering signs of persistent price pressures as the Bank of England considers its next move on interest rates. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that inflation came in at 2.2 per cent in August, unchanged from July and in line with economists’ expectations. However, core inflation, which strips out more volatile components like food and energy, rose back up to 3.6 per cent. This was in line with expectations but up from 3.3 per cent in July. Services inflation, which is seen as a good gauge of inf…