mpc: 26 The central projection for CPI inflation, on the market-based assumption about the path of
official interest rates, was for it to remain above the 2% target in the near term. It then dipped below
target, as the consequences of past oil price increases dropped out of the annual comparison and the
reduced pressure of demand on supply in the first part of the projection bore down on inflation. But as
output growth recovered and spare capacity was eroded, inflation moved back up to meet the target
around the two-year point. The profile was slightly weaker than in August.
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