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Bank of England to resume rate cuts with outlook complicated by tax hikes and Trump tariffs

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The Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates on Thursday .

Money markets are pricing in a 98% probability of a quarter -point rate cut at the February meeting.

The BOE opted to hold at its previous gathering in December , citing "elevated" services inflation of 5% .

It the central bank presses ahead with a swift pace of easing, the U.K. government bond market "could suffer a credibility penalty in the form of a significantly higher term premium," he said, adding this would limit the scope of the government to spend to boost the economy at a time when it "desperately needs a dose of productivity-driven growth." U.K. borrowing costs spiked in January amid a global bond market sell-off and stoked by concerns about Britain 's deficit and weak growth forecasts. Borrowing costs have since fallen significantly..

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