The unemployment rate is close to the natural rate, inflation is close to the target and GDP growth is close to the economy’s potential rate, but interest rates are well below most estimates of the long-run neutral rate. This oddity is possible partly because of the restraint of Brexit. But should that fade and the economy start to perform much better in 2020 and 2021, then interest rates will have to rise. That might catch some investors off guard.
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