UK Publications
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- In one line: Early Easter exaggerates the fall, but it was a weak reading nonetheless.
- In one line: Noise exaggerates growth, but GDP was nonetheless solid heading into the Iran War.
- In one line: Few signs of a spillover from higher energy prices into core import costs, yet.
- In one line: House price inflation to remain weak in 2026 as higher interest costs bite.
- In one line: Uncertainty hits permanent hiring, but vacancies improve, suggesting the job market is holding up.
- Some of March’s strong GDP gain was front-running ahead of supply-chain disruption...
- …But our measure of underlying activity grew solidly too, suggesting genuine strength.
- We now expect quarter-to-quarter GDP growth of 0.2% in Q2, up from 0.1% previously.
- We now expect CPI inflation to drop to 3.0% in April from 3.3% in March, in line with the MPC’s call.
- But our forecast is close to rounding down to 2.9%, and uncertainty is high, with many price resets.
- Smaller water-bill and vehicle-tax hikes than in 2025 will slow inflation, but rents will rise by more this April.
- The gilt sell-off has further to run if Sir Keir Starmer is forced out of office in the next few weeks.
- We expect the initial payrolls estimate to show a 10K month-to-month drop in April.
- The unemployment rate should hold at 4.9% in March, and private pay growth should be unchanged.
- We expect CPI inflation to slow to 2.9% in April from 3.3% in March.
- Utility prices fell 6.6% in April, and a range of government-set prices will rise less than a year earlier.
- Our CPI inflation call is 0.1pp lower than rate-setters expect, but we match their services inflation forecast.
HOUSE PRICES JUMP IN FEBRUARY...
- ...BUT WE STILL EXPECT HOUSE PRICE INFLATION OF 1% IN Q4
- The bar to the MPC returning to rate cuts, if oil prices fall, looks high, as growth and inflation are holding up.
- But a thin Iran-US deal, if signed, would lead us to shift to one or no hikes this year.
- Disastrous local election results for the Labour Party will keep political risk elevated
- GDP likely declined in March, with falls across the board in the major activity components.
- We still expect quarter-to-quarter GDP growth of 0.5% in Q1, matching the MPC’s forecast.
- Underlying growth likely held firm in March; a good result given the shock of the Iran war.
- We will need to remove a rate hike from our forecast if the peace-plan-related energy-price fall is sustained.
- But the April PMI suggests that firms are already contending with surging inflation pressures…
- ...And resilient growth means that rate-setters must prioritise price pressures over output losses.
- MPC members argued that tighter financial conditions were doing the job of rate hikes for now.
- The Market Participants Survey in particular appears to have been influential in Governor Bailey’s view.
- But the MaPS suggests the MPC will have to hike this summer to maintain financial conditions.
- The activity data since our last forecast review have been solid, implying little damage from the Iran war...
- ...So firms’ pricing pressure looks strong to us, and the soft data point to a quick passthrough of higher costs.
- We now look for two 25bp hikes to Bank Rate this year, with three cuts to come across 2027 and 2028.
- In one line: Not as good as it looks, but the PMIs still say the MPC should worry more about inflation than growth.
- In one line:The Chancellor will need to borrow more than expected in the upcoming fiscal year.
- In one line: Core producer output price inflation will jump in the coming months according to the CBI.
- In one line: Higher inflation means consumers’ confidence will remain weak in 2026.
- In one line:Tentative signs that consumers are willing to run down their high saving rate to support consumption.
