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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BoE's Greene leans hawkish: second-round inflation risk greater than thought, wage disinflation stalled

October 20, 2026 · 1 min read · Pardip Bansal

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BoE's Greene leans hawkish: second-round inflation risk greater than thought, wage disinflation stalled

  • BoE MPC member Megan Greene says the UK economy has shown surprising resilience ( / 17:03 GMT), per newswires
  • She says the risk of second-round inflation effects is greater than first thought and the BoE should lean against it proactively

FO view: A hawkish voice on second-round effects, after a firm jobs print with regular pay at 3.7%, raises the bar for any dovish read of tomorrow's UK CPI.

Not investment advice.

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