Interest rates need to stay higher for longer, says Bank of England policymaker

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Megan Greene dampens hopes of August cut while ‘underlying causes of inflation remain persistent’

Cuts in UK interest rates should be “a way off”, according to a Bank of England policymaker, who warned that inflationary pressures would keep the cost of borrowing higher than financial markets expected.

Megan Greene, a member of the Bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC), which sets interest rates, said financial markets were betting “in the wrong direction” when they judged how quickly the central bank would make its first rate cut.

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