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BOE: Inflation Risks Seen Skewed to Upside

UK
MNI (London)

The Bank of England MPC voted 7-2 to raise the Bank Rate by 50bp to 5.0% at today's meeting, an upside surprise to consensus expectations of a 25bp increase

  • The minutes flagged that inflation had surprised to the upside in the May data. Holding steady at +8.7% y/y, this was 0.3pp higher than Bank forecasts, whilst the 0.5pp jump in services CPI to +7.4% y/y represented a 0.5pp upside surprise. The MPC "continued to judge that the risks around the [May modal] inflation projection were skewed significantly to the upside". 
  • Average weekly earnings rose +7.6% 3m/yoy in April, also outpacing the Bank's May forecasts by 0.5pp, however, forward-looking soft data suggests that pay growth is slowing.
  • The Bank continued to project headline GDP to be flat in Q2, rising to +0.25% in Q3, . albeit noting that uncertainty regarding Q3 outlooks has risen.
  • In his quarterly letter to the Chancellor, BOE Governor Bailey confirmed "the full impact of the increase in Bank Rate to date will not be felt for some time."
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