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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Larry Elliott Economics editor

UK interest rates need to stay higher for longer to beat inflation, says IMF

Bank of England as seen from Threadneedle Street in the City of London
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets next week to decide on interest rates. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Interest rates in the UK will need to stay higher for longer than previously forecast in order to tackle stubbornly high inflation, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

The IMF’s regular update on the state of the global economy singled out the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England as two central banks that will need to raise official borrowing costs more aggressively than it assumed only three months ago.

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