The long NHS waiting lists appear to be keeping people out of work and thereby contributing to inflation being higher in the UK than in other major economies. As the NHS waiting list is unlikely to shorten soon, we think that inflation will fall more slowly in the UK and that interest rates will stay higher for longer.
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