Article 643WQ Kwarteng’s tax cuts will force ‘significant’ interest rate rises by Bank of England

Kwarteng’s tax cuts will force ‘significant’ interest rate rises by Bank of England

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Phillip Inman
from Economics | The Guardian on (#643WQ)

Chief economist says mini-budget will increase inflationary pressure in remarks likely to further spook mortgage borrowers

A senior Bank of England official has warned significant" increases in interest rates will have to be imposed by the central bank in response to tax cuts put forward by Kwasi Kwarteng in his mini-budget.

The Bank's chief economist, Huw Pill, said the chancellor's planned tax cuts would act as a stimulus and increase inflationary pressures, with the result that interest rates would need to go higher than previously forecast.

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