With headline inflation still at target and given the Bank’s recent emphasis on the need to ensure that GDP growth and the labour market pick up again, the upside surprise to core inflation in October doesn’t fully rule out another 50bp cut next month. But we will be forced to change our forecast to a smaller 25bp cut if the forthcoming third-quarter GDP data or November Labour Force survey also surprise to the upside of our assumptions.
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