There is little to suggest that the Monetary Policy Committee has shifted its position at all since its last meeting. A rate rise therefore does not look very likely. A May hike, coinciding with the next Inflation Report, is a bigger risk. But we think that the weak news on the consumer sector and increased uncertainty about the global environment could yet keep the Committee on hold.
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