BOE MANN DISSENTED FOR 50BPS HIKE

Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Catherine Mann dissented in favour of a 50 basis point rate hike at the latest policy decision, voting against the majority's smaller move. The dissent signals that a meaningful bloc of policymakers sees domestic inflation pressures as more entrenched than the consensus assumes, which pushes up expected terminal rates and widens the sterling rate differential against peers that are moving more slowly. Sterling and short-dated gilts are the most directly exposed, as markets reprice the path of Bank Rate and the front end of the curve steepens or flattens depending on whether traders read the dissent as hawkish signalling for future meetings. Traders should watch the upcoming UK CPI release and the wage growth data from the labour market report, since upside surprises in either would validate the dissent and tighten the case for further aggressive tightening.

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