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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

UK can’t say ‘job done’ on fighting inflation, says Bank of England’s Huw Pill

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The Bank of England cut interest rates and slashed its growth forecasts for 2025 on Thursday. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The Bank of England is not in a position to declare “job done” in tackling inflation amid concerns over rising prices hitting households, Threadneedle Street’s chief economist, Huw Pill, has said.

Speaking a day after the central bank cut interest rates and slashed its growth forecasts for 2025, Pill warned that a “cautious” approach to further interest rate reductions would be required as inflation pressures remained.

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