• Bank of England inflation report: expects inflation in 2019 at 2.5%, which is above the target level of 2%

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3 November 2016

Bank of England inflation report: expects inflation in 2019 at 2.5%, which is above the target level of 2%

  • need some time to observe the growth of inflation, rate hike could damage economic growth and the labor market

  • Bank of England sees "the limits in terms of the extent to which you can let inflation rise above the target level"

  • Members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously in favor of continuing the bond purchase program worth 70 billion pounds

  • Forbes and McCafferty continue to express doubts about the necessity of QE.

  • The Bank of England raised its inflation forecasts after the sharp drop of the pound, is now expected to achieve the target level of inflation in 2020

  • The Bank of England's recent decline of the pound connects with the idea that trade with the EU will be less open

  • The Bank of England raised its forecast for inflation in 2017 to 2.7% from 2.0% in August

  • raised the forecast for inflation in 2018 to 2.7% from 2.4% in August

  • expects inflation in 2019 at 2.5%, which is above the target level of 2%

  • The Bank of England raised its forecast for GDP growth in the UK in 2017 to 1.4% from 0.8% in August

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