The new COVID-19 variant creates the dual risk of weaker near-term activity and, by exacerbating current shortages, the possibility that inflation remains higher for longer. This may make some MPC members less keen to raise interest rates at the meeting on 16th December, although it probably won’t prevent some tightening in policy next year.
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