While the UK will officially leave the EU at the end of the month, the transition period will give firms some breathing space which we expect to lead to some recovery in economic activity. That would allow the Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates on hold throughout 2020 as we expect. However there is a substantial risk that an improvement in the data doesn’t materialise, in which case the Committee would cut rates.
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