If the UK's recent dismal productivity performance continues, the Bank of England may need to wait for wage growth to fall further before it feels comfortable cutting interest rates. With the latest indicators pointing to wage growth slipping to 3% later this year, an interest rate cut in June is still a reasonable assumption. But stalling productivity would be one reason the first cut comes later.
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