July’s softer core price data, combined with favourable downward revisions to previous months’ figures, leave the three-month annualised average rate of CPI-trim and CPI-median at a more modest 2.4%. This means that a September rate cut is certainly on the cards, although policymakers will probably want to see further signs of a sustained slowdown in forthcoming GDP and labour market data before committing.
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