Investing.com — The Bank of England needs to raise interest rates beyond the 4.25% peak forecast for next year because inflation is expected to peak at 4.4% in February 2027, up from 3.8% in July, British think tank National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said in its Autumn 2026 Economic Outlook.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the bank rate by 25 basis points to 4% from 3.75% on November 5, its first hike since August 2023, making it the last G7 central bank to begin tightening. Every committee member voted for the increase.
The bank forecasts inflation peaking at 4.9%, almost entirely driven by energy prices, with a gradual pick-up in food inflation also built in.
It expects services inflation to stay broadly flat until March next year. Governor Bailey said companies have been shielded by longer energy price fixes and hedging more generally.
NIESR expects one further rise, to 4.25% next year, and said, “that will not be enough.” Markets price Bank Rate reaching around 4.75% next year, which NIESR said is “closer to what is needed.”
On that path, inflation returns to target in early 2029, around 18 months sooner than in NIESR’s central forecast, at a cost of around 0.4 percentage points off GDP growth in both 2028 and 2029.
NIESR expects inflation not to return to target until late 2030, around two years later than the Office for Budget Responsibility and the Bank expect.
The ten-year gilt yield reached 5.5% on 8 October, its highest since 2000.
The 28 October Budget cut headroom against the fiscal rules to £14.5 billion from £23.6 billion in March. NIESR said the deficit reduction plan lacks credibility because it requires a £100 billion turnaround in the primary balance over five years.
“The longer the MPC defers the required tightening, the more embedded inflation becomes and the larger the eventual rise in Bank Rate,” NIESR said.
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