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MNI BOE Preview - Mar 2023: Feb CPI to Determine Hike or Hold

  • The MNI Markets team expects 3 members of the MPC to vote for unchanged rates, 3 members to vote for a 25bp hike and 3 members to determine their vote based on the outcome of the February inflation data (which the MPC received on Friday morning). In our view, it is not necessarily the headline data but services inflation that will determine the votes of Bailey, Broadbent and Pill.
  • If services inflation was to show another notable deceleration in the February data, we would expect to see rates left on hold this week. However, if the January slowdown in services inflation was to be reversed, the MNI Markets team thinks these members would vote for a 25bp hike. This will tip the balance of the MPC into either a hold or a hike.

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