Is an early lift-off from the MPC now off the cards?

The surprisingly-dovish reaction of sterling to the Bank of England’s August Inflation Report has led some commentators to conclude that the prospect of an interest rate hike this year is now dead and buried. However, while our central forecast assumes that interest rates do not rise until Q2 2018, there is still a decent chance of an earlier rate hike.

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