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Evening Standard
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Paul Dales

It's too soon to declare victory on inflation. Don't expect interest rate cuts until late next year

After Wednesday’s news that inflation fell below 5% in October, the Prime Minister was quick to declare victory over inflation and investors were swift to increase their bets that the Bank of England will be cutting interest rates by the middle of next year.

But there are still plenty of inflation risks out there and the fight against inflation won’t be won until it has fallen to 2%.

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