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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Phillip Inman and Richard Partington

Central banks must beat inflation before cutting interest rates, says OECD

A man is silhouetted in front of the Bank of England
The Bank of England. The OECD has said that UK inflation is expected to be 2.8% this year. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Central banks should be certain they have beaten inflation before cutting interest rates this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said despite revisions to its outlook that showed inflation was falling at a faster rate than previously expected.

The Paris-based organisation, which represents 38 countries, said it was “too soon to be sure that underlying price pressures are fully contained”.

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