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No need for the UK to join the negative rate club

Talk of a UK interest rate cut has resurfaced in recent weeks, following the deterioration in global market sentiment and the moves by other central banks to cut rates. There is certainly scope for the Bank of England to cut rates further, but we think this is unlikely unless the outlook gets a lot worse.

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