Pound slides as British inflation eases

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The British pound weakened on Wednesday after the annual pace of British consumer price inflation unexpectedly fell to 3.2% last month, from 3.6% in October.

The median in a poll of economists surveyed by Reuters had expected a decline to 3.5%.

The pound fell 0.6% against the dollar GBP= to as low as $1.3343, its weakest level in a week.