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Traders Walk Back Bets on UK Rate Cut After BOE Economist Speaks
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said that the timing of an interest rate cut is still an “open question,” prompting traders to push back bets on a reduction next month. Pill said on Wednesday that easing monetary policy is a matter of “when rather than if,” but he also continued to air his worries about the persistence of inflation even as other policy makers have signaled they’re ready to cut. He said the central bank’s policy makers “still have some work to do” to squeeze domestic price and wage pressures out of the pipeline, and he played down the importance of upcoming data before the ... (full story)