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BoE's Mann says her rates view was finely balanced before March vote

Published 25/03/2024, 15:52
Updated 25/03/2024, 15:56
© Reuters. Economist and member of the Bank Of England’s Monetary Policy Committee Catherine Mann poses for a photograph ahead of a speech at Manchester Business School in Manchester, Britain, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

BELFAST (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Monday that her position on the right level of interest rates had been finely balanced before her vote last week to keep them on hold.

"The last time I gave a speech I said my vote was finely balanced," Mann said at an event at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference in Belfast.

Mann last week joined the majority of the Monetary Policy Committee's members who kept Bank Rate at 5.25%, its highest since 2008. She had previously voted for an increase to 5.5%.

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And what happens when inflation dips below zero and UK drops back into recession? Completely over steering in the wrong direction.
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