• BoE's chief economist Haldane: None of the conditions for negative rates have been satisfied

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30 September 2020

BoE's chief economist Haldane: None of the conditions for negative rates have been satisfied

  • Any decision on negative rates would depend on cost-benefit analysis
  • Work on negative rates likely to take months
  • Commentators have interpreted the start of work on negative rates as conveying signal about likelihood of introducing them in near-term; BoE minutes contained no such signal
  • BoE committed to keep borrowing costs at extraordinary low levels
  • Economy has recovered faster than anyone expected
  • Positive news have received less attention than it deserves


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