BOE DMP Survey: Businesses Expect Rate Hikes to Reduce Investment and Employment

The latest survey by the Bank of England’s panel of decision makers (DMP) showed that “companies expect that the increase in interest rates will cause a decrease in investment and employment“, according to Reuters.

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Private sector producer price inflation was 7.2% in November, compared with 7.8% in October.

Producer price inflation forecast for November is 5.7%, which represents a decrease of 0.5 percentage points compared to October.

Looking ahead, DMP members expect CPI inflation to be 7.2% a year ahead, up from 7.6% in October.

Recruitment difficulties are reported to have started to subside.

General business uncertainty eased slightly in November.

Source: Fx Street

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