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United Kingdom: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Kingdom

July 11, 2023

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United Kingdom: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Kingdom, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

Market stress following the September 2022 'mini-budget' has dissipated, in the context of a successful financial stability intervention by the Bank of England (BoE) and two prudent budgets. Post-Brexit uncertainty has declined somewhat due to the Windsor Framework agreement to resolve disputes around the Northern Ireland Protocol. Still, the economy faces several challenges. The post-pandemic recovery was disrupted by the sharp energy price shock due to Russia’s war in Ukraine; labor force participation has declined, mainly on account of rising long-term illness; and large policy rate increases—needed to arrest high and sticky inflation—have tightened financial conditions. Accordingly, and despite recent upgrades, GDP growth is forecast at a modest 0.4 percent for 2023, followed by 1 percent growth in 2024. Lower energy prices and emerging economic slack is projected to help reduce headline inflation to around 5¼ percent by end-2023 and to the 2 percent target by mid-2025. Risks are tilted to the downside for growth and to the upside for inflation. Tighter-than-expected global financial conditions present the key downside risk to growth, while robust wage growth and greater inflation persistence pose upside risks to inflation.

Subject: Energy prices, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Inflation, International organization, Monetary policy, Nonbank financial institutions, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: BoE website, Energy prices, Financial sector stability, Global, Inflation, Inflation expectation, Inflation projection, May inflation outturn, Nonbank financial institutions, UK financial system

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    112

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2023/252

  • Stock No:

    1GBREA2023001

  • ISBN:

    9798400248627

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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