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Will the housing market force the MPC to act?

Last week’s news that house prices surged in February will have done little to dispel concerns that record low interest rates are contributing to the emergence of a renewed house price bubble. Nonetheless, there are many reasons to think that there is only a low risk that the MPC will need to raise rates to deal with the housing market before conditions in the overall economy warrant such a move.

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