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...The ONS figures were released ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary policy decision on Thursday....
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...Andrew Bailey struck an upbeat note about the Bank of England’s efforts to quell inflation on Wednesday, insisting the latest data shows the UK is “pretty much on track” with the central bank’s forecasts...
...“The US economy remains very robust and the main engine of global growth,” said Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY, who has recently raised his projection for 2024 from 1.8 per cent to 2.2 per cent....
...“That makes it easier for the bank to postpone tricky decisions and wait for more evidence that inflation is indeed falling sharply,” said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital...
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...Ruth Gregory, economist at research company Capital Economics, said the GDP figures suggested “the UK economy may already have moved out of recession . . . with the timelier data suggesting the economy has...
...Public sector net debt, excluding state-owned banks, remains on an upward trajectory, however....
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...“The bank does not appear to have taken any comfort from subsiding price pressures in the US and the eurozone,” said Ruth Gregory of Capital Economics, adding that the BoE’s statement “suggests it is happy...
...Deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics Ruth Gregory says: “The evidence in the UK isn’t there for rate cuts in the near term.”...
...pandemic, according to Gregory....
...Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said that although the rise in inflation in December was “disappointing”, the research company expected “favourable base effects and a fall in...
...By day she does laundry, calls the dentist and pays bills to a bank that no longer exists....
...“The evidence in the UK isn’t there for rate cuts in the near term,” said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the research company Capital Economics....
...Expectations of cuts as early as March by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank played a big role in 2023’s late-year stock and bond rally....
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...Responding to the ONS data, Hunt said: “We met our pledge to halve inflation, but we must keep on supporting the Bank of England to drive inflation down to 2 per cent....
...“There’s a desire to avoid any sort of liquidity stress at a point when the Fed is going to be pivoting from what has been a historic tightening cycle,” said Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY....
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