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The Bank of England on Thursday held interest rates as expected and said restrictive monetary policy was taming inflation, but warned a June rate cut was not a done deal.

The Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to keep rates steady, with one member voting to cut by 25 basis points to 5%.

Inflation is projected to fall temporarily to the Bank’s 2% target in the second quarter of this year before rising again in the third and fourth, due to the varying contribution of energy prices to annual comparisons.

 The Bank of England stuck to its guns on Thursday and said British interest rates needed to stay high for “an extended period”, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it would cut U.S. interest rates in 2024.

A committee of lawmakers from the U.K.’s upper house of parliament said the Bank of England’s expanded remit “risks drawing the Bank into the Government’s wider policy agenda” and creating a “democratic deficit.”

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that future interest rate decisions by the central bank would continue to be tight after officials voted to leave borrowing costs on hold last month by the finest of margins.

The Bank of England on Thursday ended a run of 14 straight interest rate hikes after new data showed inflation is now running below expectations.

The Bank of England’s losses on bonds bought to shore up the U.K. economy will be “materially higher than projected,” according to Deutsche Bank.

The Bank of England has increased interest rates by 0.25% to 5.25%, its 14th consecutive hike, as it aims to combat high inflation.

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks likely to raise rates by a quarter-point to 5.25% on Aug. 3, though economists and markets see a risk of a repeat of June’s surprise half-point hike as inflation remains hotter than in other big economies.

The Bank of England on Thursday surprised markets with a 50 basis point hike to interest rates, its 13th consecutive increase as policymakers grapple with persistently high inflation.

U.S. bank Citi said on Wednesday it now expected two further Bank of England interest rate hikes, rather than the one it had previously forecast, and no rate cut in November after inflation data came in higher than expected.

After more than a year of warnings, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says the U.K. is now experiencing a wage-price spiral despite 12 consecutive central bank interest rate hikes.

The Bank of England on Thursday hiked interest rates by 25 basis points and revised its economic projections to now exclude the possibility of a U.K. recession this year.

The Bank of England is expected to hike interest rates for the 12th consecutive meeting on Thursday as inflation continues to run hot, but the summit may be drawing near.