Economics

U.K. Inflation Below Target Gives BOE Brexit Breathing Space

  • Consumer prices rise less-than-forecast 1.8% in January
  • BOE officials are trying to set rates amid ‘fog of Brexit’
ABP Invest’s Thanos Papasavvas and Continuum Economics’ Mike Gallagher react to the U.K. inflation data.Source: Bloomberg
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Weaker-than-forecast U.K. inflation may be offering Bank of England policy makers a reprieve as they struggle to peer through the “fog of Brexit.”