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Good afternoon, and welcome to our live coverage ahead of tomorrow’s UK inflation data release.
The final week before Christmas is a big one for UK macroeconomic news. Today saw the release of labour market figures showing that UK unemployment rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, while tomorrow we have the ONS’s inflation data release.
Both those releases will be front and centre when the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Thursday. A weakening economy will strengthen calls for an interest rate cut, but tomorrow’s inflation data could pose a head-scratcher for the committee if the CPI figure remains elevated.
