The labour market remained tight in January. Even so, the Bank of England will breathe a sigh of relief as wage growth is easing. Together with the collapse of a couple of US banks having tightened financial conditions, the risk to our forecast that the Bank will raise interest rates next Thursday from 4.00% now to 4.25% are shifting to the downside.
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