UK autumn budget preview: Can Healey calm markets and change BOE rate hike bets?

The headline frames the upcoming UK autumn budget as a test of whether Chancellor Rachel Reeves's fiscal plans can reassure investors and shift expectations for Bank of England rate hikes, though the preview itself is framed as a question rather than a confirmed outcome. The core transmission channel is fiscal-monetary interaction: a larger or looser budget path can push up gilt yields and inflation expectations, raising the probability that the BOE keeps policy tighter for longer, while a credible consolidation plan can lower term premia and ease pressure on the currency. Gilts and sterling are the most directly exposed markets, since long-dated yields are sensitive to deficit and debt-issuance signals, and sterling tends to respond to shifts in the implied path of the policy rate versus peers. Traders should watch the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasts and the accompanying gilt issuance plans, alongside the next UK CPI and wage data, which will shape how much weight markets give to any fiscal reassurance.

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