Bank of England has relied on 'inadequate' forecasts, Lords report says | The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
The report recommended that ‘the Bank’s remit should be pruned by HM Treasury’.
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The report recommended that ‘the Bank’s remit should be pruned by HM Treasury’.
The Bank of England’s focus on net zero “jeopardises” its ability to fight inflation, an influential Lords committee has warned.
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The Bank of England’s reliance on “inadequate” forecasting models and a lack of intellectual diversity within its most senior ranks contributed to inflation sticking at among the highest levels in decades, a Lords report has found. In a report critical of Threadneedle Street, the powerful Lords economic affairs committee said the central bank had made “errors” in its handling of the inflation shock triggered after the Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. – Guardian
The report recommended that ‘the Bank’s remit should be pruned by HM Treasury’.