At its meeting last month, the Monetary Policy Committee came together to deliver on its pledge that it would react forcefully in response to more persistent inflationary pressures. A large majority agreed that this condition had been met and that we were indeed seeing persistence so the hike by a half percentage point was the appropriate course of action at that meeting. This sends a strong signal that the MPC is committed to leaning against domestic inflation pressures becoming further entrenched. Now, some commentators have pointed out that the MPC’s central forecast projects a pro-longed recession over the next ... (full story)