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Summary of Analyst Views (2/2)

BOE
  • Terminal rate expectations considerably higher than they were ahead of the September MPC meeting, but still below market expectations:
  • The median is 4.25% (up from 3.50% ahead of the September MPC meeting but down from an intermeeting peak of 4.50%) while the mode is 100bp higher than ahead of the September MPC meeting at 4.50%.
  • 86% of analysts expect a terminal rate in a 3.75%-4.75% range (ahead of the September MPC meeting 82% of analysts expected a terminal rate of in a 3.00%-4.00% range). The terminal rate according to market pricing is around 4.85% at the time of writing, down from a peak of around 6.2%.
  • Only BofA, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs explicitly look for a May 2023 hike.
  • Barclays, Berenberg and SEB expect the last hike to be in December with the vast majority expecting a final hike in Q1-23.
  • Only Berenberg sees rate cuts in its base case before the end of 2023. It sees 50bp of cuts in H2-23 to bring Bank Rate back to 3.00%.

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