The increase in precautionary household saving in September and weakening demand for credit poses an extra downside risk to our forecast that the economy will contract by 2% during a recession. These further signs of economic weakness increase the chances that the Bank of England raises interest rates by 75 basis points, from 2.25% to 3.00%, on Thursday rather than the 100bps rise we’ve pencilled in.
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