BoE: rates on a gradual downward path despite today’s status-quo
As expected, the BoE maintained status quo at today’s monetary policy meeting, stressing that risks for the medium-term path for the CPI inflation were two-sided. Three MPC rate setters, Deputy Dave Ramsden, Swati Dhingra and Alan Taylor, voted in favor of cutting interest rates by 25bps to 4% (more than expected), citing “material further loosening in labour market”. The MPC continues to expect significant slowdown in pay growth this year, yet the Committee will need to monitor carefully the pass-through to consumer price inflation. The i nterest rates will remain “ on a gradual downwa...