Adam Posen, which was a consistent hawk, doesn’t support additional QE in Britain anymore. Only one member, David Miles, still supports a further expansion.
This surprise sent GBP/USD towards the critical round level of 1.60 which it had a hard time breaking twice in the past week. Will it make it this time?
Miles wanted an expansion from 325 to 350 billion pounds. Nobody called for a rate hike at this point, but such calls might come as early as the next meeting. Tucker already hinted that inflation is too high and should be tackled.
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