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Britons see higher inflation and interest rates in 2017 - BoE survey

Published 09/12/2016, 10:42
Updated 09/12/2016, 10:42
© Reuters. Shoppers are reflected in a shop window as they walk along Oxford Street on the last Saturday before Christmas, in London

© Reuters. Shoppers are reflected in a shop window as they walk along Oxford Street on the last Saturday before Christmas, in London

LONDON (Reuters) - Britons expect a sharp rise in inflation over the coming year following the plummet in the value of sterling after Britain's vote to leave the European Union, and more now believe a hike in interest rates is on the way, a Bank of England survey showed.

The survey published on Friday showed average public inflation expectations over the next 12 months rose to 2.8 percent in November from 2.2 percent in the previous survey in August.

Taking a five-year view, Britons expected inflation of 3.1 percent, slightly higher than the 3.0 percent forecast of three months earlier.

Forty-one percent of respondents in the survey expected interest rates to rise over the next 12 months, compared with 21 percent in August.

The Bank of England and many private economists have said inflation is set to climb sharply in 2017.

After the EU referendum inB June, sterling fell as much as 20 percent against the U.S. dollar but has recovered slightly to be down around 16 percent.

So far, the British economy has largely weathered the initial Brexit shock better than many expected.

But a rise in inflation next year is likely to strain the spending power of households who have driven the recovery in the economy since the financial crisis of 2007-09.

Britain's inflation rate in the 12 months to October stood at 0.9 percent and the Bank has previously said it expects it to peak at 2.8 percent in early 2018. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said the BoE is prepared to let inflation run above its 2 percent target in 2017 but there were limits to tolerating the overshoot.

The Bank of England/TNS survey polled 2,095 people in 368 randomly selected output areas across Britain from Nov. 4 to 8.

© Reuters. Shoppers are reflected in a shop window as they walk along Oxford Street on the last Saturday before Christmas, in London

The BoE said on Nov. 3 that it was no longer expecting to cut interest rates again during 2016 and it moved to a neutral stance about its next monetary policy move.

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