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Q2 rebound, edging closer to a rate hike, a soft Brexit?

An encouraging set of Markit/CIPS surveys provided further evidence that the economy has rebounded in Q2. Meanwhile, in a speech this week, Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, appeared to reinforce market expectations that an interest rate rise in August is on the cards. Elsewhere, even if the Prime Minister succeeds in getting her Cabinet on board with her “soft” Brexit proposals at a key meeting at Chequers, it is not clear that the EU would accept the plans.

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