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Case for near-term hike fading

Today’s no-change decision confirms that the majority of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) still sees no pressing need to tighten monetary policy. With the biggest fiscal squeeze in decades getting underway, we think that the economy needs all the support it can get. We still expect interest rates to remain exceptionally low for at least another year or two.

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