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BoE's Pill says UK inflation pressures from job market lower than in 2022

Thu, 14th May 2026 16:44

LONDON, May ​14 (Reuters) - ⁠Bank of England ​Chief Economist Huw Pill ​said weakness ‌in Britain's ⁠labour market means the persistence ⁠of ​inflation pressure caused by the Iran war is likely ​be ‌weaker than after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ​in 2022.

However, Pill also ‌said at an event hosted ‌by NatWest on Thursday that it was not clear ​that the labour market ‌was as loose as when there were oil ⁠price ⁠spikes in ‌2008 and 2011, which did not ​lead ​to ‌second-round effects on inflation.

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