Our forecast that COVID-19 won’t significantly reduce potential supply means that the economy can run a bit hotter for longer without generating the persistent rise in inflation that would require monetary policy to be tightened. Admittedly, this won’t prevent the previous gains in commodity prices and component costs from triggering a rise in CPI inflation from 2.5% in June to around 4.0% by the end of the year. But it should mean that CPI inflation falls back below 2.0% in 2022 and the short-lived spike doesn’t lead to higher pay growth and inflation expectations. That’s why we think monetary policy won’t be tightened until the middle of 2023, which would be a year later than the markets expect.
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