Below are some of the key highlight from external BOE MPC Member Ian McCafferty’s scheduled speech about monetary policy at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, in London.
“¢ BOE shouldn’t dally on interest rate increase.
“¢ Waiting too long to hike creates a bigger shock.
“¢ BOE should head off criticism of QE.
“¢ Public distrust of QE, if unaddressed, could limit BOE’s scope for policy action.
“¢ Likely that recent downtrend in inflation will slow over the course of the year.