Comments from the Bank of England MPC member

BOE's Haskel is on the wires saying:

  • undoubtably a UK specific factor in these changes in the UK yields
  • MPC has the tools to resolve to return inflation to target in the medium-term
  • A sideline the OBR generates more uncertainty by worsening everyone's information basis
  • welcome the usual close involvement in the budget process of the OBR
  • government is right to stress the importance of economic growth
  • changes in labor force participation are emerging as the key economic legacy of Covid in the UK
  • rise in economic inactivity will hold a UK growth back