No interest rate rise for at least a year, economists say – BBC News bbc.com
Many economists do not expect UK interest rates to rise until 2019 despite inflation remaining above target, according to a BBC snapshot.
They believe that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be reluctant to raise rates during Brexit negotiations.
Inflation stood at 2.6% in July – well above the Bank's official target of 2%.
Half the economists contacted by the BBC think wages growth will outpace inflation in the first half of 2019.
Last week, one MPC member, Michael Saunders, said a "modest rise" in rates was needed to curb high inflation.
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