The plunge in energy prices should provide a welcome fillip to economic activity, and thus strengthen price pressure in the medium term. But the more pressing concern is that lower inflation threatens to undermine the Bank’s progress in lifting expectations of future price rises. We still think that policymakers will opt for another round of pre-emptive easing in late-April to signal their determination to hit the 2% inflation target.
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