Forecasts from Britain's National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
The forecasts are unchanged from the prior prognostications
- 2017 at 1.7%
- 2018 at 1.9%
- NIESR outlook for the Boe:
They expect a Bank of England interest rate hike in first quarter of next year (from the second quarter of 2019 previously
- NIESR said its forecasts were based on a return to "meaningful" productivity growth from 2018 onwards
