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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bank-set-to-leave-rates-untouched.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Thursday" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-bank-set-to-leave-rates-untouched.jpg" alt="The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Thursday"/></a></p>
<p>The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Thursday despite fears over surging inflation and commodity prices.</p>
<p>The feeble nature of the economic recovery means the Bank is unlikely to raise its base rate from its all-time low of 0.5% this week.</p>
<p>The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation rose to 3.3% in November, driven by the rising cost of oil, clothes and food, and the Bank admits it could rise as high as 4% by the spring.</p>
<p>But the Bank&#8217;s policy setters, who are tasked with keeping CPI at 2%, would rather brave above-target inflation than risk tipping the economy back into a &#8220;double-dip recession&#8221;, said economists.</p>
<p>A further round of quantitative easing, or money printing, is also not expected because this would further add to inflationary pressures.</p>
<p>Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said: &#8220;The Bank&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee are now in a very difficult position.</p>
<p>&#8220;Although the UK market achieved very decent growth in the second and third quarters it is still in a very fragile state following the deep recession.</p>
<p>&#8220;We suspect most committee members will be reluctant to adjust policy until they get a clear idea of how the economy is reacting to fiscal policy being tightened from the start of 2011.&#8221;</p>
<p>The recovery appears to have faltered in December, hindered by the Arctic weather.</p>
<p>Markit/CIPS data showed that the construction sector fell further into decline in December, while the powerhouse services sector contracted marginally for the first time in 20 months, leaving only the manufacturing sector in growth.</p>
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