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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is becoming increasingly
concerned about the prospect of higher inflation, the minutes of its March
meeting showed.

Here’s a bit of datapoint-diversion, post the Federal Open Market Committee’s Tuesday reiteration that US interest rates would remain low for an “extended period”…

The Bank of England said Quantitative Easing knocked a full percentage point
off the Government’s cost of borrowing.

…and so the Bank of England’s Quarterly Bulletin landed on our desktops with a thump on Monday. And yes, it brought with it a little bit of a mystery over the uncertain…

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Last week an important anniversary passed quietly by. It is a year since the
Bank of England started its programme of asset purchases, generally referred
to as Quantitative Easing (QE). Over the year, the Bank has bought £200bn of
assets, mainly government bonds (gilts). Has this policy worked?

No change there, then. The Bank of England’s latest Monetary Policy Committee meeting has kept the bank rate at 0.5 per cent, and announced that there will be no increase…

That’s from Dylan Grice — über-bear Albert Edwards’ sidekick at Societe Generale.

He’s done a review of inflation during the Weimar Republic inflation…

Mervy King warned the British economy is in store for a “volatile”
few months and said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was on stand-by to
extend its £200bn quantitative easing (QE) programme if necessary.

British gilt futures rallied on Tuesday after Mervyn King, the Bank of England
governor, suggested there could be more quantitative easing to come.