At the time of my last annual report in August 2018, I had just voted along with my colleagues on the MPC to raise Bank Rate to 0.75%. CPI inflation was above our two percent target, while steady increases in wage growth signalled that domestic cost pressures were building. The labour market had been tightening, suggesting that GDP had been growing at rates a little above the MPC’s estimate of potential output.
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