Weak growth makes interest rate hike unlikely
12 October 2023
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Commenting on GDP data showing that the UK economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:
“The latest GDP data show that the UK economy is flipping between growth and contraction on an almost monthly basis.
“The economy will now probably have to grow by 0.2 per cent or more in September to avoid the first of two successive quarters of falling output that would mark a technical ‘recession’.
“At the very least, growth is currently weaker than the Bank of England had been expecting, making another interest rate hike even less likely.”
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Contact: media@iea.org.uk / 07763 365520
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
“The latest GDP data show that the UK economy is flipping between growth and contraction on an almost monthly basis.
“The economy will now probably have to grow by 0.2 per cent or more in September to avoid the first of two successive quarters of falling output that would mark a technical ‘recession’.
“At the very least, growth is currently weaker than the Bank of England had been expecting, making another interest rate hike even less likely.”
ENDS
Notes to Editors
Contact: media@iea.org.uk / 07763 365520
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
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