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Daniel O'Boyle

‘Inflation in the UK will be too low for the next three years’, top economists say

Inflation in the UK “will be too low for the next three years”, prompting the Bank of England to slash interest rates, according to top economics consultancy Capital Economics.

New research from the consultancy projects inflation to fall below the 2% target next month, when the new energy price cap comes into effect. That would bring the UK’s inflation rate below 2% sooner than in the US or Eurozone.

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