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Bank of England’s Mann says fall in inflation pressure has long way to go

2024.10.24 09:55

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bank of England interest rate-setter Catherine Mann welcomed a recent fall in inflation in Britain but said the cooling of price growth still had “a long way to go” for the central bank to hit its 2% inflation target over the medium term.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Economist and member of the Bank Of England’s Monetary Policy Committee Catherine Mann poses for a photograph ahead of a speech at Manchester Business School in Manchester, Britain, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

“Our headline price print … was lower than projected in the August Monetary Policy Report. Services, which, of course, we have looked at very carefully for persistence, came in under 5% for the first time in a very, very long time,” Mann said.

“A little bit of a concern, goods prices are a little bit higher. In order to get to a target consistent (with a) 2% inflation rate, services still have a long way to go,” she said in a panel discussion on the sidelines of meetings of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.



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