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Q2 contraction to force policymakers’ hand

The economy almost certainly contracted last quarter, rendering the Bank’s upbeat GDP forecasts increasingly unrealistic and denting hopes that inflation will reach 2% by next summer. Rather than merely expanding the timeframe for hitting the 2% target yet again, we think that policymakers will instead decide in favour of more easing at the end-October meeting.

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