Q1 slowdown to keep MPC hawks at bay

Weaker economic data and a rise in the pound is likely to silence some of the tentatively hawkish members of the MPC and mean that May’s Inflation Report strikes a relatively dovish tone. Nonetheless, we still think that the first hike in Bank Rate will come well before markets expect.

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