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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates

A TV crew setting up lights in front of a reporter outside the Bank of England
Journalists gather outside the Bank of England in preparation for the interest rate announcement. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

There is a threat of high inflation coming to the UK but only from the conflict in the Middle East, which could keep oil prices high for much longer than was expected when Donald Trump first began attacking Iran.

It is the war that makes the difference between a benign outlook for inflation and one that puts it back on a rising trajectory, senior UK central bankers believe.

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