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BOE Review - Aug 2020: Small November QE Topup

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  • To us there were surprises on the clarity of guidance on negative rates, forecasts that remained too optimistic (but are conditioned on negative rates) and added forward guidance against pricing in a more optimistic outcome.
  • The Bank is forecasting a much more optimistic recovery if negative rates are priced into the outlook. But then stating that it doesn't expect to use negative rates in the near-term. This makes the Bank's forecasts fairly irrelevant in our view.
  • Even without the bump to growth from negative rates, the forecasts remain too optimistic and we think that there will be more easing from the Bank to come.
  • We think this could come in the form of a smaller top-up in November to tide over from the end of this year when QE is scheduled to end until the February Monetary Policy Report when the outlook for the labour market will be clearer.

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