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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

UK recovery ‘will accelerate and force Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer’

The Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street in the City of London.
Niesr says its forecasts show interest rates will fall slowly over the next year from 5% to 4.6% in 2025 and to 4.1% in 2026, and then 3.1% in 2028. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

The UK’s economic recovery will accelerate over the next year, forcing the Bank of England to keep interest rates higher for longer, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr).

Signalling that bets on further interest rate cuts before the end of the year could be misplaced, the thinktank said a modest economic recovery and the threat from persistent inflationary trends should make the central bank more cautious about reducing the cost of borrowing.

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