Bank should be brave and hold interest rates
Evening Standard|September 19, 2023
INFLATION figures out tomorrow might be a bit of a shocker, on the face of it.
Simon English
Bank should be brave and hold interest rates

Assuming the City economists have it right (you can make your own joke), the August inflation number will be back above seven per cent — 7.2%, perhaps. 

That would be up from 6.8% in July and the first time inflation has risen since February.

That’s quite a dent in the narrative from Rishi Sunak that inflation is, if not licked, then firmly heading in the right direction.

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