BoE’s Ramsden: UK inflation is more 'homegrown'
|Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Dave Ramsden, participated in a panel discussion titled "Inflation, Financial Stability and Employment" at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank for International Settlements High-Level Conference, in Hong Kong, on Tuesday.
Ramsden said that “UK inflation is more 'homegrown'.”
“Monetary policy is likely to be need to be restrictive for an extended period of time to get inflation back to 2% target,” the BoE policymaker said.
Speaking at the same event, European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Pablo Hernandez de Cos said that “it's too premature to talk about rate cuts.”
Market reaction
At the time of writing, GBP/USD is 0.09% higher on the day at 1.2635 while EUR/USD is better bid at 1.0955.
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