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Interest rate cut is not far off but there are complicating factors

All nine members know that interest rates, currently at 5.25%, will have to be cut in the coming months. After all, high interest rates represent a brake on the economy and it's becoming clear that keeping the brake pedal down is causing economic pain. For Bank insiders, the fact that the rate at which the consumer price index is rising each year is about (at least according to their forecasts) to hit 2% is a mark of success.