While the labour market has surprised to the upside, inflation is moving broadly in line with the Bank’s expectations. We therefore expect the Bank to keep hiking rates by 50bp in August, September and October before reverting to smaller 25bp hikes. And we still expect the worsening housing downturn to prompt rate cuts next year.
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