BoE’s Haldane sees pay pressure on the rise – Bloomberg Quint

According to reporting by Bloomberg Quint,   The Bank of England’s (BoE) Chief Economist Andy Haldane sees underlying impacts on inflation kicking into high gear, with pressures to increase wages on the rise.

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“Haldane, who shocked markets last month by voting for an immediate interest rate hike, made the comments in a blog detailing a trip to Wales ending on June 26. Two days later, he made a speech in which he said that a steady pick-up in wage growth and cost pressures showed the U.K. economy is ready for higher rates.

“The message from a number of companies across a number of sectors in Wales was that these pressures to pay-up were mounting — indeed, these pressures had gone up a gear during the course of this year,” Haldane wrote in the post published on the BOE’s website. “This evidence adds to my confidence that the economy is experiencing a gradual, on-going firming of pay pressures, with implications for underlying inflation.”

BOE officials announce their next policy decision on Aug. 2. A 25 basis point increase is widely expected by economists, while markets are pricing in a more than 80 percent chance of such a move.”