Fall in gilt yields not a sign forward guidance is working

The MPC should think twice before concluding that the fall in interest rate expectations and gilt yields in recent months is a sign that markets are coming around to its views on the economic outlook. The belief that US interest rates will be left looser for longer is responsible for most of the fall in UK rates.

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