Bailey speech: Not in a place now where we can discuss cutting interest rates
|“We are not in a place now where we can discuss cutting interest rates – that is not happening,” Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey said in an interview with Daily Focus on Wednesday.
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We are seeing some weakening of economic activity.
We’ve got to get on and bring inflation down to our target of 2%.
We will do what it takes to get to 2% inflation target.
We have not seen enough of the journey towards 2% inflation target yet to be confident.
Market reaction
The Pound Sterling appears unimpressed by the hawkish comments from the BoE Governor. GBP/USD is trading 0.07% higher on the day, battling 1.2700, at the time of writing.
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