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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Inflation data shouldn’t deter us from rate cuts, says Bank policymaker

The Bank of England in the City of London.
The Bank of England forecast path is for an inflation hump that will then go away, Alan Taylor said. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex

A member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee has warned that higher-than-expected inflation and growth figures should not distract policymakers from continuing to cut borrowing costs.

Alan Taylor, who was one of two monetary policy committee members to call for a bigger 0.5 percentage point cut last month, said that while he was not going to forecast his future votes, he felt that recent economic data was being led by one-off factors.

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