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- Title
Monetary policy, demand and inflation.
- Abstract
In this speech, Stephen Nickell, member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee, explains the factors underlying his decision to vote for a rate cut in December and January. After 18 months of below-trend growth, there is now a modest degree of spare capacity in the UK economy. Looking forward, growth will probably approach trend levels in the near future. However, it is less probable that growth will move far enough above trend to eliminate the spare capacity in the medium term. As a consequence, there is unlikely to be any serious inflationary pressure generated by excess demand in the economy. So long as energy prices stabilise and there are no surprise second-round effects, CPI inflation will probably undershoot the target further out if rates are left on hold.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; NICKELL, Stephen; BANK employees; SPEECHES, addresses, etc.; MONETARY policy; PRICE inflation
- Publication
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0005-5166
- Publication type
Article