MPC to beef up forward guidance with neutral rate estimate

The Bank of England is expected to publish an estimate of the neutral interest rate (i.e. the level at which rates have neither an expansionary nor a contractionary effect on growth and inflation) for the first time on 2nd August. A number of around 2% seems plausible – reinforcing the Bank’s message that future increases in interest rates will be “limited”.

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