UK rate rise "some way" from being made – BOE’s Haldane

FXStreet (Mumbai) - The Bank of England (BOE) dove and Economist Haldane was on the wires today stating that there is still “some way” to go before the central bank could announce a liftoff.

Haldane sees significant downside risks to UK growth and CPI.

Key Quotes

“The case for raising rates in the current environment is some way from being made”

“The balance of risks to UK growth & inflation at the 2-year horizon, is skewed significantly to the downside”

“could be a need to loosen rather than tighten the monetary reins as a next step to support uk growth, return infl. to target”

Sep 18, 2015

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