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By Jan Strupczewski and Balazs Koranyi BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation surged more than expected in October, data showed on Monday, fuelling expectations that the European Central Bank will press on with big interest rate hikes despite economic growth slowing. Inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro accelerated to 10.7% in October from 9.9% a month earlier according to Eurostat data, beating expectations in a Reuters poll for 10.2% and way higher than the ECB’s 2% inflation target. Eurostat also estimated that the euro zone’s gross domestic product, while slowing sharply from th…