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MPC minutes suggest policy tightening a long way off

The minutes of the Reserve Bank’s April policy meeting – in which interest rates were left unchanged – show that the MPC is committed to keeping policy accommodative to support the economic recovery. The surge in virus cases since that meeting is only likely to have strengthened its resolve. Markets are too hawkish in discounting rate hikes over the next 12 months.

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